Epidemiological Update, Detection of Sabin type 3 vaccine poliovirus in a case of Acute Flaccid Paralysis (8 June 2018)
Actualización Epidemiológica, Detección de poliovirus vacunal, Sabin tipo 3, en un caso de Parálisis Fláccida Aguda (8 junio 2018)
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2018-06-08Metadata
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On 7 June 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) International Health Regulations (IHR) Regional Contact Point received an unofficial report on the detection of Sabin type 3 vaccine poliovirus in a sample of a Venezuelan patient with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP). The same day, a request for verification was sent to the Venezuela IHR National Focal Point (NFP). El 7 de junio de 2018 el Punto Regional de Contacto de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) para el Reglamento Sanitario Internacional (RSI) recibió un reporte no oficial sobre la detección de poliovirus vacunal, Sabin tipo 3, en muestra de un paciente venezolano con parálisis fláccida aguda (PFA). Ese mismo día se solicitó verificación al Centro Nacional de Enlace (CNE) para el RSI de Venezuela.
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