Malawi polio outbreak: What next?

• Main Authors: Isabel Kazanga‐Chiumia (Author), Symon Fidelis Nayupe (Author), Betty Kazanga (Author), Steven Munharo (Author), Parth Patel (Author), Phatisan Bango Jassi (Author), John Phuka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Since, the last polio case was in 1992, health authorities in Malawi declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) on 17 February 2022. A 3‐year‐old girl was diagnosed with WPV1 in the country's capital, Lilongwe, after getting paralyzed by the virus in November 2021. The re‐em...