Notes from the Field: Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Type 1 and Outbreak Response --- Papua New Guinea, 2018
by from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on (#48NM2)
On June 22, 2018, the Papua New Guinea National Department of Health confirmed an outbreak of poliomyelitis caused by circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 following isolation of genetically linked virus from a patient with paralysis and nonhousehold community contacts.