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Alternative Title:
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6620a4
Personal Author:
Diop, Ousmane M. ; Asghar, Humayun ; Gavrilin, Evgeniy ; Moeletsi, Nicksy Gumede ; Benito, Gloria Rey ; ... More +
Diop, Ousmane M. ; Asghar, Humayun ; Gavrilin, Evgeniy ; Moeletsi, Nicksy Gumede ; Benito, Gloria Rey ; Paladin, Fem ; Pattamadilok, Sirima ; Zhang, Yan ; Goel, Ajay ; Quddus, Arshad Less -
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The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has made substantial progress since its launch in 1988; only 37 wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases were detected in 2016, the lowest annual count ever. Wild poliovirus type 3 has not been detected since November 2012, and wild poliovirus type 2 was officially declared eradicated in September 2015. This success is attributable to the wide use of live oral poliovirus vaccines (OPVs). Since 2001, numerous outbreaks were caused by the emergence of genetically divergent vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPVs) whose genetic drift from the parental OPV strains indicates prolonged replication or circulation (1). In 2015, circulating VDPV type 2 (cVDPV2) outbreaks were detected in five countries worldwide (Nigeria, Pakistan, Guinea, Burma, and South Sudan), and VDPV2 single events were reported in 22 countries. These events prompted the GPEI to withdraw the type 2 component (Sabin2) of trivalent OPV (tOPV) in a globally coordinated, synchronized manner in April 2016 (2,3), at which time all OPV-using countries switched to using bivalent OPV (bOPV), containing Sabin types 1 and 3. This report details for the first time the virologic tracking of elimination of a live vaccine that has been withdrawn from routine and mass immunization systems worldwide (3). To secure elimination, further monitoring is warranted to detect any use of tOPV or monovalent OPV type 2 (mOPV2).
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Disease Eradication
Disease Outbreaks
Environmental Monitoring
Full Report
Global Health
Humans
Laboratories
Mass Vaccination
Paralysis
Poliomyelitis
Poliovirus
Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral
Population Surveillance
Product Recalls And Withdrawals
Sewage
Vaccines, Attenuated

Source:
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 66(20):538-542.
Pubmed ID:
28542124
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC5657872
Document Type:
Journal Article
Collection(s):
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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