Update on Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Outbreaks — Worldwide, January 2018–June 2019

Volume: 68, Issue: 45, Pages: 1024 - 1028
Published: Nov 15, 2019
Abstract
Certification of global eradication of indigenous wild poliovirus type 2 occurred in 2015 and of type 3 in 2019. Since the launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in 1988 and broad use of live, attenuated oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV), the number of wild poliovirus cases has declined >99.99% (1). Genetically divergent vaccine-derived poliovirus* (VDPV) strains can emerge during vaccine use and spread in underimmunized...
Paper Details
Title
Update on Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Outbreaks — Worldwide, January 2018–June 2019
Published Date
Nov 15, 2019
Volume
68
Issue
45
Pages
1024 - 1028
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