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Africa: Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) reported in Kenya and Tanzania

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has reported circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) cases in Kenya and Tanzania recently. Kenya Two cases of circulating...

DRC outbreak updates: Monkeypox, plague and polio

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Here is some of the most current numbers from three important outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): Monkeypox Health authorities reported an additional...

Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus in Ukraine: GPEI update

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) case reported in Ukraine, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) added some information concerning...

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Ghana reports polio in environmental sample from Tamale

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By NewsDesk    @infectiousdiseasenews Last week, Ghana health officials reported a confirmed circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in an environmental sample collected from Tamale...

Nigeria reports vaccine-derived polio case in Jigawa state

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Nigeria reported no wild poliovirus cases since 2016 when the most recent case (by date of onset) was reported in Monguno Local Government Area, Borno, with onset on 21 August 2016. In addition, no circulating...

Three more circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus cases reported in DRC

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In an update on the number of  circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) cases reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2017, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI)...

The battle against Vaccine derived poliovirus in Syria

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In the most recent update from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), they reported seven new circulating vaccine derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) cases–four from Mayadeen and three from...

Polio: Additional cases reported in Syria

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In a follow-up on the polio outbreak in Syria, five new cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) were reported in the past week, bringing the total of cVDPV2 cases to 22, according...

Syria polio update: 17 cases of cVDPV2 have now been confirmed including one in Raqqa

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According to the latest information from UN authorities dated June 19, seventeen cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type-2 (cVDPV2) have now been confirmed in Syria—16 cases are from Mayadeen...

Polio: Syria update, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Syria In an update on the polio ( circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2–cVDPV2) outbreak in Syria, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports  there is evidence of genetic linkage among...