Papua New Guinea: 15th circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus case reported in current outbreak
by News Desk from Outbreak News Today on (#40VJA)
In a follow-up on the polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) reports an additional case of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 (cVDPV1) in the past week, from East Sepik. Onset of paralysis was on 1 August. This brings the total number of cases in 2018 to 15. In addition, two VDPV1 ["]
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