Coordinated Response to Imported Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Infection, Barcelona, Spain, 2019–2020
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Abstract In 2019, the Public Health Agency of Barcelona, Spain, was notified a vaccine-derived poliovirus infection. The patient had an underlying common variable immunodeficiency and no signs acute flaccid paralysis. We describe ongoing coordinated response to contain infection, which included compassionate-use treatment with pocapavir.
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1080-6059', '1080-6040']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2705.204675