Traces of polio virus detected in sewage samples - ETHealthWorld


3/21/2022 12:00:00 AM3 years 1 month ago
by ET HealthWorld

War-torn Ukraine is also grappling with an outbreak of vaccine-derived polio with two cases in the country's west last year, and the most recent in December. Poliovirus was also isolated from 19 healthy contacts, Nature reported.

Israel is seeing an outbreak of polio virus after more than three decades.Traces of the virus have been found in three more Israeli cities as two children have already tested positive for polio, Jeru… [+1920 chars]

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