Immunodeficiency-Related Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus (iVDPV) Infections: A Review of Epidemiology and Progress in Detection and Management [PDF]
PathogensIndividuals with certain primary immunodeficiency disorders (PID) may be unable to clear poliovirus infection after exposure to oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV).
Concepcion F. Estivariz +2 more
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Importation and Circulation of Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Serotype 2, Senegal, 2020–2021 [PDF]
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 +13 more
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Emergence of vaccine-derived poliovirus strains from the novel oral polio vaccine in the Central African Republic [PDF]
mBioThe Central African Republic (CAR) is a high-risk country for poliomyelitis outbreaks because of difficulties in closing immunity gaps due to the lack of resources, logistics issues, and insecurity.
Joël W. Doté +9 more
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019 This is the first report of persistent oropharyngeal mucosal infection with type 2 poliovirus (iVDPV2) in a primary immune deficient patient (PID) after wild type 2 poliovirus eradication. The iVDPV2 also established persistence in the gut.
Merav Weil +11 more
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Early detection of a circulating pre-vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 (pre-VDPV1) variant linked to an acute flaccid polio case prior to VDPV1 emergence, Israel, 2024 to 2025 [PDF]
EurosurveillanceWe report the emergence and evolution of a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 (cVDPV1) outbreak in Israel, linked to a vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis case.
Merav Weil
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Global epidemiology of vaccine-derived poliovirus 2016–2021: A descriptive analysis and retrospective case-control study [PDF]
EClinicalMedicine, 2022 Mohana Kunasekaran +2 more
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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 +12 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 +7 more
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Viruses, 2021 The oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV), which prevents person-to-person transmission of poliovirus by inducing robust intestinal immunity, has been a crucial tool for global polio eradication.
Kouichi Kitamura, Hiroyuki Shimizu
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The Fight against Poliovirus Is Not Over
Microorganisms, 2023 Poliovirus (PV), the virus that causes both acute poliomyelitis and post-polio syndrome, is classified within the Enterovirus C species, and there are three wild PV serotypes: WPV1, WPV2 and WPV3.
Chaldam Jespère Mbani +3 more
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