Indonesia and Mauritania report vaccine-derived polio cases

Lisa Schnirring

CIDRAP

Two countries reported new polio cases this week, including Mauritania, which reported its first circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) case of the year, according the latest weekly update from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).

Indonesia’s patient is from Central Java province on the island of Java, and the illness marks the country’s fourth such case of the year.

Meanwhile, the cVDPV2 case from Mauritania was detected in the Nouakchott Nord region in the southwest of the country. The area includes the country’s capital and largest city, Nouakchott.

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Via https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/polio/indonesia-and-mauritania-report-vaccine-derived-polio-cases

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