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Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication - Pakistan, January 2019-September 2020. [PDF]

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 2020
Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only countries where wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) is endemic (1,2). In 2019, Pakistan reported 147 WPV1 cases, approximately 12 times the number reported in 2018.
Hsu CH, Rehman MS, Bullard K, Jorba J, Kader M, Young H, Safdar M, Jafari HS, Ehrhardt D.   +8 more
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Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication - Pakistan, January 2017-September 2018. [PDF]

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 2018
Among the three wild poliovirus (WPV) serotypes, only WPV type 1 (WPV1) has been reported in polio cases or detected from environmental surveillance globally since 2012.
Hsu C, Mahamud A, Safdar M, Nikulin J, Jorba J, Bullard K, Agbor J, Kader M, Sharif S, Ahmed J, Ehrhardt D.   +10 more
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Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication - Nigeria, January-December 2017. [PDF]

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 2018
Nearly three decades after the World Health Assembly launched the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988, four of the six World Health Organization (WHO) regions have been certified polio-free (1).
Bolu O, Nnadi C, Damisa E, Braka F, Siddique A, Archer WR, Bammeke P, Banda R, Higgins J, Edukugo A, Nganda GW, Forbi JC, Liu H, Gidado S, Soghaier M, Franka R, Waziri N, Burns CC, Vertefeuille J, Wiesen E, Adamu U.   +20 more
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Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication - Afghanistan, January 2022-June 2023. [PDF]

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 2023
When the Global Polio Eradication Initiative began in 1988, wild poliovirus (WPV) transmission was reported in 125 countries. Since 2017, Afghanistan and Pakistan remain the only countries with uninterrupted endemic WPV type 1 (WPV1) transmission.
Bjork A, Akbar IE, Chaudhury S, Wadood MZ, Ather F, Jorba J, Martinez M.   +6 more
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Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication - Worldwide, January 2021-March 2023. [PDF]

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 2023
Since the World Health Assembly established the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in 1988, two of the three wild poliovirus (WPV) serotypes (types 2 and 3) have been eradicated, and global WPV cases have decreased by more than 99.9%. Afghanistan
Lee SE, Greene SA, Burns CC, Tallis G, Wassilak SGF, Bolu O.   +5 more
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Progress toward poliomyelitis eradication in Nigeria. [PDF]

J Infect Dis, 2014
Transmission of wild poliovirus (WPV) has never been interrupted in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria. Since 2003, infections with WPV of Nigerian origin have been detected in 25 polio-free countries. In 2012, the Nigerian government created an emergency operations center and implemented a national emergency action plan to eradicate polio.
Ado JM, Etsano A, Shuaib F, Damisa E, Mkanda P, Gasasira A, Banda R, Korir C, Johnson T, Dieng B, Corkum M, Enemaku O, Mataruse N, Ohuabunwo C, Baig S, Galway M, Seaman V, Wiesen E, Vertefeuille J, Ogbuanu IU, Armstrong G, Mahoney FJ.   +21 more
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Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication - Afghanistan, January 2020-November 2021. [PDF]

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 2022
Wild poliovirus types 2 and 3 were declared eradicated in 2015 and 2019, respectively, and, since 2017, transmission of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) has been detected only in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Sadigh KS, Akbar IE, Wadood MZ, Shukla H, Jorba J, Chaudhury S, Martinez M.   +6 more
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Immunization Against Poliomyelitis and the Challenges to Worldwide Poliomyelitis Eradication. [PDF]

J Infect Dis, 2021
Both inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) and oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) have contributed to the rapid disappearance of paralytic poliomyelitis from developed countries despite possessing different vaccine properties.
Modlin JF, Bandyopadhyay AS, Sutter R.
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Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication - Pakistan, January 2020-July 2021. [PDF]

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 2021
When the Global Polio Eradication Initiative began in 1988, wild poliovirus (WPV) transmission was occurring in 125 countries; currently, only WPV type 1 (WPV1) transmission continues, and as of August 2021, WPV1 transmission persists in only two ...
Mbaeyi C, Baig S, Khan Z, Young H, Kader M, Jorba J, Safdar MR, Jafari H, Franka R.   +8 more
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Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication - Pakistan, January 2023-June 2024. [PDF]

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
Since its launch in 1988, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative has made substantial progress toward the eradication of wild poliovirus (WPV), including eradicating two of the three serotypes, and reducing the countries with ongoing endemic ...
Mbaeyi C, Ul Haq A, Safdar RM, Khan Z, Corkum M, Henderson E, Wadood ZM, Alam MM, Franka R.   +8 more
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