Wild poliovirus makes comeback in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Science. 2024 Jun 21;384(6702):1284. doi: 10.1126/science.adr1507. Epub 2024 Jun 20.

Abstract

2024 target of ending all transmission will likely be missed.

Publication types

  • News

MeSH terms

  • Afghanistan / epidemiology
  • Disease Eradication
  • Humans
  • Pakistan / epidemiology
  • Poliomyelitis* / epidemiology
  • Poliomyelitis* / prevention & control
  • Poliomyelitis* / transmission
  • Poliomyelitis* / virology
  • Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral / adverse effects
  • Poliovirus* / isolation & purification
  • Vaccination

Substances

  • Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral