Detection of vaccine-derived poliovirus circulation by environmental surveillance in the absence of clinical cases

• Main Authors: John Kofi Odoom (Author), Evangeline Obodai (Author), Gifty Boateng (Author), Stanley Diamenu (Author), Keren Attiku (Author), Patrick Avevor (Author), Ewurabena Duker (Author), Bismarck Boahene (Author), Miriam Eshun (Author), Emmanuel Gberbie (Author), Joseph Kwadwo Larbi Opare (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background On August 25, 2019, the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research notified the confirmation of a circulating-vaccine-derived poliovirus type-2 (cVDPV2) from the Agbogbloshie environmental surveillance (AES) site, in the Greater Accra Region. A field investigation of the outbreak was...