Wild poliovirus type 1 and Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus cases
| Total cases | Year-to-date 2019 | Year-to-date 2018 | Total in 2018 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPV | cVDPV | WPV | cVDPV | WPV | cVDPV | |
| Globally | 113 | 195 | 29 | 104 | 33 | 104 |
| —In Endemic Countries | 113 | 29 | 29 | 34 | 33 | 34 |
| —In Non-Endemic Countries | 0 | 166 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 70 |
Polio this week as of 04 December 2019
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- Summary of new viruses this week (AFP cases and ES positives): Afghanistan — one WPV1 case and one WPV1 positive environmental sample; Pakistan — 25 WPV1 positive environmental samples; Angola — 16 cVDPV2 cases and four cVDPV2 positive environmental samples.
See country sections below for more details.
| Countries | Year-to-date 2019 | Year-to-date 2018 | Total in 2018 | Onset of paralysis of most recent case | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPV | cVDPV | WPV | cVDPV | WPV | cVDPV | WPV | cVDPV | |
| Afghanistan | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 17-Oct-2019 | NA |
| Pakistan | 91 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 2 | 0 | 7-Nov -2019 | NA |
WPV Wild poliovirus
WPV1 Wild poliovirus type 1
WPV2 Wild poliovirus type 2
WPV3 Wild poliovirus type 3
cVDPV Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus
cVDPV1 Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1
cVDPV2 Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2