Poliovirus circulation in the WHO European region, 2015-2022: a review of data from WHO's three core poliovirus surveillance systems.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has drastically reduced the global incidence of poliomyelitis since its launch in 1988 thanks to effective vaccines and strong global surveillance systems. However, detections of wild-type as well as vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) still occur, also in the WHO European Region. This study aims to describe the poliovirus detection via the acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), clinical enterovirus, and environmental surveillance systems.

Methods

In this study, we review data from annual reports from 2015 to 2022 from the World Health Organization (WHO)'s three core poliovirus surveillance systems in place in the WHO European Region: AFP, clinical enterovirus, and environmental surveillance systems.

Findings

A total of

SUBMITTER: Fischer TK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11532959 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature