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Detection of circulating type 3 vaccine-derived polioviruses in French Guiana, May to August 2024

Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Circulating type 3 vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV3s) were detected in three wastewater samples collected in French Guiana from May through August 2024. As the oral polio vaccine is not used in French Guiana, this event involved an import either of cVDPV3s themselves or of a vaccine strain from which the cVDPV3s emerged in French Guiana. This highlights the importance of environmental surveillance for the detection of silent poliovirus circulation. Eliminating any pockets of cVDPVs is crucial for the polio eradication programme.
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2024.29.45.2400705
Authors: Stéphanie Raffestin, Ambre Tinard, Antoine Enfissi, Marie-Line Joffret, Timothée Lichtenstein, Sourakhata Tirera, Laura Zanetti, Marie Barrau, Francky Mubenga, Adrien Ortelli, Christophe N Peyrefitte, Anne Lavergne, Dominique Rousset, Maël Bessaud
Institutions: Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Department of Virology, Santé Publique France
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4404167762
FWCI: 0.537
Cites: 21
Cited by: 2
Related to: 10