Circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses: current state of knowledge

• Main Authors: Kew Olen M. (Author), Wright Peter F. (Author), Agol Vadim I. (Author), Delpeyroux Francis (Author), Shimizu Hiroyuki (Author), Nathanson Neal (Author), Pallansch Mark A. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Within the past 4 years, poliomyelitis outbreaks associated with circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPVs) have occurred in Hispaniola (2000-01), the Philippines (2001), and Madagascar (2001-02). Retrospective studies have also detected the circulation of endemic cVDPV in Egypt (1988-93) and...