Epidemiology of the silent polio outbreak in Rahat, Israel, based on modeling of environmental surveillance data [Environmental Sciences]
Israel experienced an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in 2013–2014, detected through environmental surveillance of the sewage system. No cases of acute flaccid paralysis were reported, and the epidemic subsided after a bivalent oral polio vaccination (bOPV) campaign. As we approach global eradication, polio will increasingly be detected...
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - Category: Science Authors: Andrew F. Brouwer, Joseph N. S. Eisenberg, Connor D. Pomeroy, Lester M. Shulman, Musa Hindiyeh, Yossi Manor, Itamar Grotto, James S. Koopman, Marisa C. Eisenberg Tags: PNAS Plus Source Type: research
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