Polio outbreak in Mbale city, May 31 2024
Author and institutional affiliation: Annet Mary Namusisi, Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Uganda National Institute of Public Health, Kampala.
Correspondence: Tel: 256785859760, Email: annetnamusisi@uniph.go.ug
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admin on June 30, 2024
Ministry of Health confirmed a Polio outbreak in Mbale city on May 31,2024.
This outbreak is caused by a vaccine-derived polio virus type 2(VDPV2) that was isolated from a sewage plant during the routine sentinel environmental surveillance in Doko, Mbale city.
Outbreak investigations are on-going and as of 12th June 2024, no human cases have been identified.
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