The recent detection of wild-type polio virus 1
(WPV1) in sewage and asymptomatic carriers in Israel raises new
questions on the potential for the importation and re-establishment of
WPV in EU/EEA countries.
In the new rapid risk assessment, ECDC
concludes that there is the possibility that poliovirus may be imported
and re-established in the EU/EEA.
Furthermore, based on the limited
information on existing surveillance systems, there is a risk that
poliovirus circulation will go undetected if it is imported.
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