Poliovirus and non-polio-enterovirus environmental surveillance in Parma within the "Global Polio Eradication Program" (GPEI).

CONCLUSION: As OPV isn't used in Italy since 2002, recovery of Sabin-like polioviruses indicates the possibility of poliovirus reintroduction, considering also the important exposure to migratory flows. Finally, monitoring the environmental circulation of NPEV, could compensate for the lack of a surveillance system of the infections they cause.
PMID: 31517896 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Acta Bio-Medica : Atenei Parmensis - September 12, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Zoni R, Mezzetta S, Affanni P, Colucci ME, Fiore S, Fontana S, Bracchi M, Capobianco E, Veronesi L Tags: Acta Biomed Source Type: research