An imported case of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2, Spain in the context of the ongoing polio Public Health Emergency of International Concern, September 2021

Euro Surveill. 2021 Dec;26(50):2101068. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.50.2101068.

Abstract

The monthly retrospective search for unreported acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases conducted as a complementary component of the Spanish AFP surveillance system identified a case of AFP in a child admitted in Spain from Senegal during August 2021. Vaccine-derived poliovirus 2 was identified in the stool in September 2021. We present public health implications and response undertaken within the framework of the National Action Plan for Polio Eradication and the Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

Keywords: Acute Flaccid Paralysis; Poliovirus; eradication; public health emergency of international concern; vaccine-derived poliovirus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Humans
  • Paralysis
  • Poliomyelitis* / epidemiology
  • Poliomyelitis* / prevention & control
  • Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral / adverse effects
  • Poliovirus*
  • Population Surveillance
  • Public Health
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Spain / epidemiology

Substances

  • Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral