Polio -- Philippines
On [27 Sep 2019], a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 (cVDPV1) was confirmed in environmental samples in the Philippines. The virus has been isolated from 10 environmental samples, all genetically related, which were collected from one sewage collection site and its tributary pumping stations in Manila, between [1 Jul 2019] and [23 Sep 2019]. This sewage collection site in the city of Manila has a catchment area of over 600 000 people.
Vaccine-derived polioviruses are rarely
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6747387&promed&0
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