poliovirus
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There have also been outbreaks of poliovirus variants - strains related to the oral vaccine - in more than 30 countries around the world, particularly in areas where immunisation rates are low.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2024
Gaza's Ministry of Health announced on Friday that a deadly virus, component poliovirus type 2, was discovered by local scientists in Deir al-Balah's wastewater.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2024
But wastewater surveillance — the testing of sewage for signs of pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2, poliovirus and mpox virus — has yet to be employed in the tracking of H5N1 bird flu virus.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2024
Unexpectedly, vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 has continued to circulate after the switch, paralyzing more than 3300 children.
From Science Magazine ● May 7, 2024
This discovery meant that if HeLa was susceptible to poliovirus, which not all cells were, it would solve the mass-production problem and make it possible to test the vaccine without millions of monkey cells.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
Since January 2020, vaccine-derived polioviruses have sprung up in more than 50 countries — including some that eradicated polio long ago.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 21, 2023
She found that harmless enteroviruses in the intestinal tract appeared to interfere with the polioviruses.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 17, 2022
To eradicate polio, the world must eradicate all wild polioviruses and vaccine-derived polioviruses.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
Vaccine-derived polioviruses are not the only threat to the global eradication effort.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 13, 2022
While cholera is caused by bacteria, water transmits viruses too, including hepatitis A and E viruses, rotaviruses, noroviruses and polioviruses.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 1, 2022
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