Insidious reintroduction of wild poliovirus into Israel, 2013

E Anis; E Kopel; S R Singer; E Kaliner; L Moerman; J Moran-Gilad; D Sofer; Y Manor; L M Shulman; E Mendelson; M Gdalevich; B Lev; R Gamzu; I Grotto

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.38.20586

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Insidious reintroduction of wild poliovirus into Israel, 2013

E Anis^1,2,3,4, E Kopel^1,2,4, S R Singer^1,2,4, E Kaliner², L Moerman^1,2, J Moran-Gilad^2,5, D Sofer^6,7, Y Manor^6,7, L M Shulman^6,7, E Mendelson^6,7, M Gdalevich^5,8, B Lev⁹, R Gamzu^7,9, I Grotto^2,5
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Affiliations: ¹ The Division of Epidemiology, Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel ² Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel ³ Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University Hadassah Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel ⁴ These authors contributed equally to this study ⁵ Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel ⁶ Central Virology Laboratory, Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, The Chaim Sheba Medical Centre, Tel Hashomer, Israel ⁷ Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel ⁸ South District Health Office, Ministry of Health, Beer Sheva, Israel ⁹ Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel

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Citation style for this article: Anis E, Kopel E, Singer S R, Kaliner E, Moerman L, Moran-Gilad J, Sofer D, Manor Y, Shulman L M, Mendelson E, Gdalevich M, Lev B, Gamzu R, Grotto I. Insidious reintroduction of wild poliovirus into Israel, 2013. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(38):pii=20586. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.38.20586 Received: 09 Sep 2013

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Abstract

Israel was certified as polio-free country in June 2002, along with the rest of the World Health Organization European Region. Some 11 years later, wild-type polio virus 1 (WPV1) was isolated initially from routine sewage samples collected between 7 and 13 April 2013 in two cities in the Southern district. WPV1-specific analysis of samples indicated WPV1 introduction into that area in early February 2013. National supplementary immunisation with oral polio vaccine has been ongoing since August 2013.