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ArticleEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin2025

Detection of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in wastewater samples: a wake-up call, Finland, Germany, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom, 2024.

Sindy Böttcher, Julian Kreibich, Thomas Wilton, Vanessa Saliba, Soile Blomqvist, Haider Al-Hello, Carita Savolainen-Kopra, Magdalena Wieczorek, Beata Gad, Arleta Krzysztoszek and 6 more

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Article in Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Recent emergence of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 in Senegal and virus spread to neighboring countries.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2025
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  11. Current infectious disease management challenges in inborn errors of immunity.Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials · 2025
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  13. Early detection of a circulating pre-vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 (pre-VDPV1) variant linked to an acute flaccid polio case prior to VDPV1 emergence, Israel, 2024 to 2025.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2025
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  17. Community surveillance after detection of poliovirus in the environment in London, United Kingdom, October 2022 to April 2023.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Sindy BöttcherRobert Koch Institute (RKI), Berlin, Germany.
Julian KreibichRobert Koch Institute (RKI), Berlin, Germany.
Thomas WiltonMedicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), South Mimms (Potters Bar), United Kingdom.
Vanessa SalibaUnited Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), London, United Kingdom.
Soile BlomqvistFinnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland.
Haider Al-HelloFinnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland.
Carita Savolainen-KopraFinnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland.
Magdalena WieczorekNational Institute of Public Health NIH - National Institute of Research, Warsaw, Poland.
Beata GadNational Institute of Public Health NIH - National Institute of Research, Warsaw, Poland.
Arleta KrzysztoszekNational Institute of Public Health NIH - National Institute of Research, Warsaw, Poland.
Rosa M PintóUniversity of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
María CabrerizoInstituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCII), Madrid, Spain.
Albert BoschUniversity of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Eugene SaxentoffWorld Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe), Copenhagen, Denmark.
Sabine DiedrichRobert Koch Institute (RKI), Berlin, Germany.
Javier MartinMedicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), South Mimms (Potters Bar), United Kingdom.

Funding

World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In 2024, circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) was detected in wastewater samples in Finland, Germany, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom (UK). All strains were genetically linked, but sequence analysis showed high genetic diversity among the strains identified within individual wastewater sites and countries and an unexpected high genetic proximity among isolates from different countries. Taken together these results, with sequential samples having tested positive in various sites, a broader geographic distribution beyond positive sampling sites must be considered.

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PoliomyelitisPoliovirusWastewaterFinlandGenetic VariationGermanyHumansPhylogenyPolandSpainUnited KingdomWastewatereradicationPHEICpoliomyelitispoliovirusVDPVwastewater

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PMID39850005
PMCPMC11914958

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