Tag Archive for PRO/EDR> Poliomyelitis update (34): global, cVDPV, violence against vaccinators
PRO/EDR> Poliomyelitis update (34): global, cVDPV, violence against vaccinators
Polio -- Afghanistan[Authors: Jorba J, Diop OM, Iber J, Henderson E, Sutter RW, Wassilak SGF, Burns CC.Summary:What is already known about this topic?Vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPVs), strains that are genetically divergent from the oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) viruses, fall into 3 categories: 1) circulating VDPVs (cVDPVs) from outbreaks, 2) immunodeficiency-associated VDPVs (iVDPVs) from patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDs), and 3) ambiguous VDPVs (aVDPVs), which cannot be Read more [...]
