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<p>In May 1988 the World Health Assembly set to World Health Organization (WHO) the goal to achieve a global eradication of poliomyelitis by the year 2000. Surveillance of the acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) remains the ‘gold standard’ for the detection of polio. The criterion of sensitivity of the surveillance system is the incidence from non-polio related AFP, in children under 15 years of age. The aim is to detect more than 1 case of AFP, per 100,000 children. In 2019, WHO announced the eradication of wild poliovirus 3, and poliovirus 2 was eradicated in 2015. Wild poliovirus 1 continues to circulate. The main goals of the WHO Polio Eradication Strategy for the period 2022-2026 are: permanently interrupt all poliovirus transmission in endemic countries (Afghanistan and Pakistan), stop cVDPV (circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus) transmission and prevent outbreaks in non-endemic countries.</p>
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In May 1988 the World Health Assembly set to World Health Organization (WHO) the goal to achieve a global eradication of poliomyelitis by the year 2000. Surveillance of the acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) remains the ‘gold standard’ for the detection of polio. The criterion of sensitivity of the surveillance system is the incidence from non-polio related AFP, in children under 15 years of age. The aim is to detect more than 1 case of AFP, per 100,000 children. In 2019, WHO announced the eradication of wild poliovirus 3, and poliovirus 2 was eradicated in 2015. Wild poliovirus 1 continues to circulate. The main goals of the WHO Polio Eradication Strategy for the period 2022-2026 are: permanently interrupt all poliovirus transmission in endemic countries (Afghanistan and Pakistan), stop cVDPV (circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus) transmission and prevent outbreaks in non-endemic countries.

Epidemiological Surveillance of Acute Flaccid Paralysis for Eradication of Poliomyelitis (A Brief Review)

Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology, Microbiology, Parasitology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine

Division of Dairy and Food Microbiology, Mansinhbhai Institute of Dairy & Food Technology-MIDFT

Acta Medica Bulgarica

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In May 1988 the World Health Assembly set to World Health Organization (WHO) the goal to achieve a global eradication of poliomyelitis by the year 2000....

Epidemiological Surveillance of Acute Flaccid Paralysis for Eradication of Poliomyelitis (A Brief Review)

Publicado en línea: 16 mar 2024

Páginas: 62 - 66

Recibido: 11 ene 2023

Aceptado: 25 abr 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amb-2024-0010

Palabras clave
poliomyelitis, polio eradication, acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), oral polio vaccine (OPV), circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV)

© 2024 I. Simeonova et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Epidemiological Surveillance of Acute Flaccid Paralysis for Eradication of Poliomyelitis (A Brief Review)

Publicado en línea: 16 mar 2024

Páginas: 62 - 66

Recibido: 11 ene 2023

Aceptado: 25 abr 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amb-2024-0010

Palabras clavepoliomyelitis, polio eradication, acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), oral polio vaccine (OPV), circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV)

© 2024 I. Simeonova et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
poliomyelitis, polio eradication, acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), oral polio vaccine (OPV), circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV)