Tag Archive for PRO/EDR> Poliomyelitis update (24): Global (Papua New Guinea, DR Congo, Somalia), cVDPVs

PRO/EDR> Poliomyelitis update (24): Global (Papua New Guinea, DR Congo, Somalia), cVDPVs

Polio -- Papua New GuineaNew wild poliovirus cases reported this week: 0New cVDPV cases reported this week: 8[Note: there are 8 newly confirmed cVDPVs isolated from 7 actual paralytic polio cases. In one of the cases in Somalia, there were 2 virus types of cVDPV isolated from the case (cVDPV2 + cVDPV3) but an inability to determine which of the isolates was responsible for the paralytic disease in the affected individual. - Mod.MPP]Headlines- cVDPV outbreak in Papua New Guinea.Summary of new cases Read more [...]