A case of paralytic polio has been detected in the U.S.
A specific type of poliovirus has been spreading in Rockland County, New York, as well as in neighboring areas, prompting the World Health Organization to add the United States to a list of countries where similar polioviruses have been detected. The list includes about 30 countries in Europe, Asia and Africa, such as the United Kingdom, Israel, Yemen, Algeria and Niger.
Due to this risk, the U.S. now only administers the IPV, but"vaccine-derived" polioviruses can still potentially be imported from places that use the OPV — and that's exactly what happened in the current outbreak. Most U.S. residents complete their polio vaccine series in childhood and aren't generally recommended to get boosters later in life."This is just a testimony to the very solid, lifelong protection you get from the polio vaccine," Schaffner said.
So far, only one case of paralytic polio has been detected in the U.S. outbreak; this occurred in an unvaccinated adult in Rockland County. Subsequently, poliovirus was detected in wastewater samples from Rockland County, Orange County, Sullivan County, New York City and Nassau County, the New York State Department of Health reported .
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