Spate of polio outbreaks worldwide puts scientists on alert - Nature.com

Cases of paralysis in the United States and Israel suggest vaccine-derived poliovirus has infected many people.

The virus in widely used live oral vaccine for polio can on rare occasions mutate into a dangerous form capable of infecting the nervous system.Credit: Ezra Acayan/Getty The discovery of poliovirus… [+6281 chars]

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