Facility-Associated Release of Polioviruses into Communities—Risks for the Posteradication Era

Facility-Associated Release of Polioviruses into Communities—Risks for the Posteradication Era

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative continues to make progress toward the eradication target. Indigenous wild poliovirus (WPV) type 2 was last detected in 1999, WPV type 3 was last detected in 2012, and over the past 2 years WPV type 1 has been detected only in parts of 2 countries (Afghanistan...

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Main Authors: Ananda S. Bandyopadhyay, Harpal Singh, Jacqueline Fournier-Caruana, John F. Modlin, Jay Wenger, Jeffrey Partridge, Roland W. Sutter, Michel J. Zaffran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
reemerging infectious disease
accidental release
biological
laboratory infections
containment
poliovirus
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/7/18-1703_article

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