Detection of vaccine-derived poliovirus circulation by environmental surveillance in the absence of clinical cases

Detection of vaccine-derived poliovirus circulation by environmental surveillance in the absence of clinical cases

Background On August 25, 2019, the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research notified the confirmation of a circulating-vaccine-derived poliovirus type-2 (cVDPV2) from the Agbogbloshie environmental surveillance (AES) site, in the Greater Accra Region. A field investigation of the outbreak was...

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Main Authors: John Kofi Odoom, Evangeline Obodai, Gifty Boateng, Stanley Diamenu, Keren Attiku, Patrick Avevor, Ewurabena Duker, Bismarck Boahene, Miriam Eshun, Emmanuel Gberbie, Joseph Kwadwo Larbi Opare
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-07-01
Series:Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Subjects:
polio
circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus
mopv
agbobloshie – accra
ghana
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2020.1852009

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2020.1852009

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