Thursday, 16 May 2019

PRO/EDR> Poliomyelitis update (36): global, Iran environmental, Pakistan

Environmental -- Iran
New wild poliovirus reported this week:
AFP cases: 4
Environment: 5
New cVDPV poliovirus reported this week:
AFP cases: 0
Environment: 0
Headlines
- On 9 May 2019, the WHO received notification of the detection of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) from an environmental sample collected on [20 Apr 2019], in Seestan and Balochistan province, Iran. The virus collected is an environmental sample only, and no associated cases of paralysis have been detected. Genetic sequencing confirmed it

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6471875&promed&0

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