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Factors associated with the circulation of vaccine-derived polioviruses in children under five in Kilwa, Haut-Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2022–2023 [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Introduction Since the World Health Organization declared the African region free of wild poliovirus in August 2020, vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPV) have remained the only form of poliovirus still circulating on the continent, including in the ...
Jean Blaise Yobo Iyala, Comlan Cyriaque Degbey, Glodi Elumbu, Betty Kalonji Tshinkenke, N’kpingu Nadakou, Germain Kapour Kieng, Bloc NOMRE TUNI, Jean Paul Makala   +7 more
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Rare adverse events associated with oral poliovirus vaccine in Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 1997
Oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) developed by A. Sabin has been effectively used to control poliomyelitis in Brazil, and the last case with the isolation of a wild poliovirus strain occurred in March 1989.
Friedrich F.
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Enterovirus infections in children. [PDF]

Pediatr Investig
Enteroviruses (EVs) are major pathogens causing a wide spectrum of diseases in children worldwide. This review summarizes the epidemiology, virology, viral replication, and virus‐host interactions of EVs. It also highlights current advances in clinical diagnosis, antiviral therapies, and vaccine development, providing insights into future strategies ...
Chen X, Guo L, Lei X, Zhao L, Hei M, Shen J, Yin J, Li F, Deng J, Liu G, Zhang Y, Xie Z.   +11 more
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Poliomyelitis amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: Efforts, challenges and recommendations

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 2022
Poliomyelitis is the leading infectious cause of acute flaccid paralysis among children under five years of age, caused by the Wild Poliovirus, with no medical cure other than prevention through vaccination.
Olivier Uwishema, Emmanuel Ebuka Elebesunu, Oumnia Bouaddi, Arushi Kapoor, Samaa Akhtar, Fortune Benjamin Effiong, Adhiraj Chaudhary, Helen Onyeaka   +7 more
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Epidemiology of type 2 vaccine-derived poliovirus outbreaks between 2016 and 2020. [PDF]

, 2022
The number and geographic breadth of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) outbreaks detected after the withdrawal of type 2 containing oral polio vaccine (April 2016) have exceeded forecasts.Using Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP ...
Nicholas C Grassly, Ousmane M Diop, Tallis, Graham, Grace R Macklin, Ondrej Mach, Diop, Ousmane M, Macklin, Grace R, Ahmed, Jamal A, Grassly, Nicholas C, Mach, Ondrej, Jamal A Ahmed, O'Reilly, Kathleen M, Ajay K Goel, Goel, Ajay K, Graham Tallis, Kathleen M O'Reilly   +15 more
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Emergence of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 after using monovalent type 2 oral poliovirus vaccine in an outbreak response, Philippines

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2022
Objective: In response to an outbreak of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) type 2 in the Philippines in 2019–2020, several rounds of supplementary immunization activities using the monovalent type 2 oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) were ...
SweetC B Alipon, Yoshihiro Takashima, Tigran Avagyan, Varja Grabovac, Syeda Kanwal Aslam, Benjamin Bayutas, Josephine Logronio, Xiaojun Wang, Achyut Shrestha, Sukadeo Neupane, Maria Concepcion Roces, Lea Necitas Apostol, Nemia Sucaldito   +12 more
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Case report: Clearance of longstanding, immune-deficiency-associated, vaccine-derived polio virus infection following remdesivir therapy for chronic SARS-CoV-2 infection

Frontiers in Immunology, 2023
The global polio eradication campaign has had remarkable success in reducing wild-type poliovirus infection, largely built upon the live attenuated Sabin oral poliovirus vaccine.
William Hywel Bermingham, Benjamin Canning, Thomas Wilton, Michael Kidd, Dimitra Klapsa, Manasi Majumdar, Kavitha Sooriyakumar, Javier Martin, Aarnoud P. Huissoon   +8 more
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Importation and Circulation of Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Serotype 2, Senegal, 2020–2021

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022
Environmental surveillance for poliovirus is increasingly used in poliovirus eradication efforts as a supplement to acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance. Environmental surveillance was officially established in 2017 in Senegal, where no poliovirus
Martin Faye, Ousmane Kébé, Boly Diop, NDack Ndiaye, Annick Dosseh, Abdoulaye Sam, Aliou Diallo, Hamet Dia, Jean Pierre Diallo, Ndongo Dia, Davy Evrard Kiori, Ousmane Madiagne Diop, Amadou Alpha Sall, Ousmane Faye   +13 more
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Reactivation of a Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Scar Following Routine Infant Vaccination. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT A 4‐month‐old infant developed erythema and induration at a Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) scar shortly after routine DTaP‐IPV‐Hib and pneumococcal vaccination. Laboratory findings were normal, and the lesion resolved spontaneously without treatment.
Demircioğlu F, Demircioğlu AS.
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Protecting investments in polio eradication: the past, present and future of surveillance for acute flaccid paralysis. [PDF]

, 2004
In September 2003 a WHO consultation group on vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPV) concluded that in order to prevent future generations of paralytic polio after interruption of transmission of wild poliovirus, the use of trivalent oral polio vaccine (OPV)
D. L. HEYMANN, E. M. DE GOURVILLE, Heymann, DL, R. B. AYLWARD, Aylward, RB, De Gourville, EM   +5 more
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