poliovirus
Americannoun
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polioviruses
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In recent weeks, traces of the poliovirus - which is spread through faecal matter - have been detected in sewage samples collected in the southern city of Khan Younis and central town of Deir al-Balah.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 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
It also warned of the risk of disease outbreaks and transmission of wild poliovirus at the points where Afghans are entering the country.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2023
But doing this would require millions of neutralization tests, which involved mixing blood serum from newly vaccinated children with live poliovirus and cells in culture.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
The first polio vaccine, which went into use in 1955, was a shot containing inactivated polioviruses, and although it protected people from paralytic disease, it did little to stop poliovirus transmission.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 18, 2023
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
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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