Investigation Report of cVDPV2 Outbreak in Bokh Woreda of Dollo Zone, Somali Regional State, Ethiopia

D Sufa, U Gerema - Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Poliovirus isolates detected in persons or in the environment can fall into three
major categories: wild, Sabin and Sabin‐like, or vaccine‐derived. Detection of wild or …

[PDF][PDF] Weekly Bulletin on Outbreak and other Emergencies: Week 28: 08-14 July 2019

World Health Organization - Weekly Bulletin on Outbreaks and other …, 2019 - apps.who.int
On 10 July 2019, the Ministry of Health of Ghana notified WHO of a confirmed circulating
vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in an environmental sample collected from …

[PDF][PDF] Investigation of Circulating Vaccine Derived Poliovirus Type 2 Outbreak, Sierra Leone, December 2020: Lessons from the First Three Cases

GN Gebru, AA Sheriff, AH Elduma - J Infect Dis Epidemiol, 2023 - researchgate.net
Abstract Introduction: Circulating Vaccine Derived Poliovirus (cVDPV), is a genetic mutation
of the Sabin virus. Sierra Leone reported its last case of wild polio virus in 2010. However, in …

Curbing an outbreak of circulating vaccine derived poliovirus type 2 in Dollo Zone, Somali Region, Ethiopia: response to outbreak

L Kidanne, F Bisrat, M Mohammed… - Pan African Medical …, 2022 - ajol.info
Introduction: although the oral polio vaccine prevents virus transmission from person to
person, it is crucial for poliovirus eradication. The continued use of live attenuated poliovirus …

[PDF][PDF] Vaccine-Derived polioviruses outbreaks and events in 3 provinces of Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2017

MM Alleman, R Chitale, CC Burns, J Iber… - WHO Weekly …, 2018 - iris.who.int
The last confirmed wild poliovirus (WPV) case in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
had paralysis onset in December 2011. 1 DRC has documented cases of vaccine-derived …

[PDF][PDF] Update on vaccine-derived polioviruses detected worldwide, April 2011-June 2012

World Health Organization - Weekly Epidemiological Record …, 2012 - apps.who.int
In 1988, the World Health Assembly launched the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).
1 The live, attenuated oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) has many advantages: it is easily …

[PDF][PDF] Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus outbreaks in 5 countries, 2014–2015

M Morales, CD Nnadi, RH Tangermann… - Releve …, 2016 - iris.who.int
In 2015, wild poliovirus (WPV) transmission was identified only in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The widespread use of live, attenuated oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) has been crucial in …

A circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 outbreak in a chronic conflict setting: a descriptive epidemiological study in South Sudan–2020 to 2021

AA Tegegne, AN Anyuon, GA Legge, MA Ferede… - BMC Infectious …, 2023 - Springer
Background In this study, we describe the epidemiological profile of an outbreak of the
circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus type 2 in South Sudan from 2020 to 2021. Method …

[HTML][HTML] Vaccine-derived polioviruses, central African republic, 2019

ML Joffret, JW Doté, N Gumede… - Emerging Infectious …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Since May 2019, the Central African Republic has experienced a poliomyelitis
outbreak caused by type 2 vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPV-2s). The outbreak affected …

Polio outbreaks in Cameroon following the COVID-19 pandemic

AA Njoh, TSNJ Kedakse, EM Ekoum, R Nembot… - Pan African Medical …, 2023 - ajol.info
Polio is an infectious and disabling life-threatening disease caused by the poliovirus. This
disease is prevented through vaccination. Though this viral infection has been eliminated in …