Resources with keywords: circulatin vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2
Detections of poliovirus in sewage samples require enhanced routine and catch-up vaccination and increased surveillance
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
30 January 2025
Between September and December 2024, four countries in the EU/EEA (Finland, Germany, Poland, Spain) and the United Kingdom reported detections of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in sewage samples. This is the first time cVDPV2 has been detected in EU/EEA countries from environmental surveillance.
