Resources with keywords: cVDPV2
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.
Detection of circulating vaccine derived polio virus 2 (cVDPV2) in environmental samples– the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America
WHO
14 September 2022
In late July, a case of VDPV2 was reported in an unvaccinated individual in Rockland County, who presented with paralysis. The case had no recent history of international travel. This is the first case of poliomyelitis reported in the country since 2013.
keywords: cVDPV2, Poliovirus
