Key result
The COVID-19 pandemic has set back global polio eradication efforts, with type 1 wild poliovirus remaining endemic in Afghanistan and Pakistan and circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus growing.
Why the study?
The ultimate goal of global polio eradication has not been reached, with wild poliovirus remaining endemic in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus threatening eradication efforts.
Despite massive historical progress, global polio eradication remains incomplete due to endemic type 1 wild poliovirus and the growing threat of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus.
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Intensified surveillance and vaccination are needed in endemic regions; leaves open optimal strategies to reverse pandemic setbacks.
A 2022 study conducted an editorial in Poliomyelitis. The COVID-19 pandemic has set back global polio eradication efforts, with type 1 wild poliovirus remaining endemic in Afghanistan and Pakistan and circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus growing.
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