Polio and enterovirus surveillance may include a number of approaches, including
incidence-based observation, a sentinel physician system, environmental monitoring and …

Within the initiatives for poliomyelitis eradication by WHO, Italy activated an environmental
surveillance (ES) in 2005. ES complements clinical Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) …

In the context of poliomyelitis eradication, a reinforced supplementary laboratory
surveillance of enteroviruses was implemented in Greece. Between 2008 and 2014, the …

We report the outcome of an 11-year programme monitoring sewage water and acute flaccid
paralysis (AFP) cases as part of the World Health Organization (WHO) strategy for polio …

Poliovirus surveillance plays a critical role in achieving and certifying eradication and will
play a key role in the polio endgame. Environmental surveillance can provide an opportunity …

Polioviruses (PVs) are members of the genus Enterovirus. In the Netherlands, the exclusion
of PV circulation is based on clinical enterovirus (EV) surveillance (CEVS) of EV-positive …

Sewage surveillance in seven Italian cities between 2005 and 2008, after the introduction of
inactivated poliovirus vaccination (IPV) in 2002, showed rare polioviruses, none that were …

Background and aim of the work: The human enteroviruses (EV) are the most common and
widespread human viruses in the world. They have bowel as their natural habitat and they …

The aim of this study was to apply environmental surveillance to evaluate circulation of non-
polio enteroviruses (NPEVs) in sewage in Poland. Samples of raw sewage were collected in …

The study describes genetic characterization of poliovirus (PV) strains isolated from sewage
samples in Poland. The analyses were performed for the detection of any putative polio …