WEEKLY BULLETIN ON OUTBREAKS
AND OTHER EMERGENCIES
Week 44: 28 October - 3 November 2019
Data as reported by: 17:00; 3 November 2019
(Page 8)
C?te d’Ivoire Poliomyelitis
(cVDPV2) Ungraded 29-Oct-19 29-Oct-19 29-Oct-19 - - - -
On 28 October 2019, a cVDPV2 was isolated from an environmental sample collected on 24 September 2019 from Jacob city, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The isolated cVDPV2 is linked to a virus detected in Niger in 2018 that belongs to the Jigawa emergence group, which has previously also been detected in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Benin, Ghana, and Togo. Moreover, the isolated virus has undergone 17 nucleotide changes.
The area has not been participating in previous mOPV2 response campaign.
AND OTHER EMERGENCIES
Week 44: 28 October - 3 November 2019
Data as reported by: 17:00; 3 November 2019
(Page 8)
C?te d’Ivoire Poliomyelitis
(cVDPV2) Ungraded 29-Oct-19 29-Oct-19 29-Oct-19 - - - -
On 28 October 2019, a cVDPV2 was isolated from an environmental sample collected on 24 September 2019 from Jacob city, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The isolated cVDPV2 is linked to a virus detected in Niger in 2018 that belongs to the Jigawa emergence group, which has previously also been detected in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Benin, Ghana, and Togo. Moreover, the isolated virus has undergone 17 nucleotide changes.
The area has not been participating in previous mOPV2 response campaign.
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