Laos reports polio case (cVDPV1) , 1st indigenous case since 1993
by Staff from Outbreak News Today on (#Q7BJ)
Health authorities in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) have reported on a case of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 (cVDPV1) in a child from the district of Bolikhan, in Bolikhamxay Province. Lao's last case of indigenous wild poliovirus was reported in 1993. The eight-year-old child was confirmed with circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 (cVDPV1) with an onset of paralysis ["]
