Friday, 15 December 2017

PRO/EDR> Poliomyelitis update (44): (Australia), pos. environmental sample, iVDPV2 iden.

Environmental, Polio -- Australia
We received a rapid reply to our query on the results of genetic testing of the poliovirus type 2 isolated in environmental samples taken from the Western Sewage Treatment Plant in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The poliovirus isolate was genetically characterized as most probably an immunodeficiency-related vaccine derived poliovirus (an iVDPV). The genetic characterization was suggestive of chronic carriage for several years with no relationship to prior or present cVDPV

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