Tasha Stehling-Ariza

Aug 16, 2023 | medscape.com | Tasha Stehling-Ariza |Amanda Wilkinson |Ousmane M. Diop |Jaume Jorba |Humayun Asghar |Tigran Avagnan | +8 more

X Univadis from Medscape News & Perspective Drugs & Diseases CME & Education Academy Video Decision Point close Please confirm that you would like to log out of Medscape. If you log out, you will be required to enter your username and password the next time you visit. Disclosures Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2023;72(23):613-620. Introduction Since the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) was established in 1988, the number of wild poliovirus (WPV) cases has declined by...

Jun 8, 2023 | cdc.gov | Tasha Stehling-Ariza

Environmental SurveillanceEnvironmental surveillance for poliovirus, the systematic collection and testing of sewage samples for poliovirus, supplements the sensitivity of AFP surveillance by detecting poliovirus circulation in the absence of confirmed paralytic polio cases. In 2022, 32 (94.1%) of the priority countries¶ reported 725 environmental surveillance sites compared with 553 sites in 2021, a 31.1% increase.