Monitoring the VDPV2 outbreak in Egypt during 2020–2021 highlights the crucial role of environmental surveillance and boosting immunization in combating Poliovirus

Abstract Background Poliovirus is a highly infectious enterovirus (EV) that primarily affects children and can lead to lifelong paralysis or even death. Vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPVs) are a great threat since they are derived from the attenuated virus in the Oral Poliovirus Vaccine (OPV) and c...

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Published in:	BMC Infectious Diseases
Main Authors:	Menna R. Shabana, Amira Y. Zaghloul, Tamer H. El Shaarawy, Nooran S. Elleboudy, Khaled M. Aboshanab
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2024-08-01
Subjects:	Vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPVs) Oral poliovirus vaccine Environmental surveillance World Health Organization Sewage Stool
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09731-0