- In June 2022, poliovirus was confirmed in an unvaccinated immunocompetent adult resident of New York hospitalized with flaccid lower limb weakness. Vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 was isolated from the patient and identified from wastewater samples in two neighboring New York counties. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7133e2.htm?s_cid=mm7133e2_w 46 comments science
Linking pages
- Poliovirus outbreak expands in NY: Third county has vaccination rate of 62% | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/08/poliovirus-spreads-to-yet-another-poorly-vaccinated-ny-county-62-immunized/ 58 comments
- Polio Is Back in the US and UK. Here’s How That Happened | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/polio-is-back-in-the-us-and-uk-heres-how-that-happened/ 3 comments
- Anti-vaccine activists giddily celebrate as poliovirus spreads in NY | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/08/anti-vaccine-activists-giddily-celebrate-as-poliovirus-spreads-in-ny/ 0 comments
- Polio is back -- how concerned should Americans be? | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/15/health/polio-paralysis-vaccine-health-wellness/index.html 0 comments