PRO/EDR> Poliomyelitis update (38): global (Afghanistan), fIPV (Pakistan) 2016

Polio -- Afghanistan
Citation: Pervaiz A, Mbaeyi C, Baig MA, et al. Fractional-Dose Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine Campaign -- Sindh Province, Pakistan, 2016. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2017;66:1295-1299. DOI: .
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
Wild poliovirus type 2 was declared eradicated in September 2015, prompting a synchronized switch from trivalent to bivalent (types 1 and 3) oral poliovirus vaccine in April 2016. Any subsequent isolation of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (VDPV2)

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