Polio: Pakistan reports 1st WPV case of 2016, Laos sees two additional vaccine-derived poliovirus cases
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#13WDM)
The news concerning worldwide polio has been quiet during the first several weeks of 2016; however, the first wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) and circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 (cVDPV1) were reported this week by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). Pakistan reported the first wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) of 2016 with onset of paralysis in Karachi Gadap, ["]
