Stopping circulatory vaccine-derived poliovirus in Kaduna state by scaling up special interventions in local government areas along rivers of interest- kamacha basin experience, 2013-2015

• Main Authors: Audu I. Musa (Author), Faisal Shuaib (Author), Fiona Braka (Author), Pascal Mkanda (Author), Richard Banda (Author), Charles Korir (Author), Sisay G. Tegegne (Author), Suleiman Abdullahi (Author), Gregory C. Umeh (Author), Terna I. Nomhwange (Author), Hadiza Aliyu Iyal (Author), Sambo Ishaku (Author), Usman Adamu (Author), Eunice Damisa (Author), Murtala Bagana (Author), Victor Gugong (Author), Hadiza Balarabe (Author), Peter Nsubuga (Author), Rui G. Vaz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The Kamacha river is one of the five polio environmental surveillance sites in Kaduna State where 13 circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPDs) were isolated between 2014 and 2015. Kamacha river accounted for 5 of all reported cVDPVs in Kaduna State between 2014 and 2015....