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US CDC plans wastewater testing for polio
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IANS | 01 Dec, 2022
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that
it will expand wastewater testing for poliovirus in select areas across
the country.
Michigan and Philadelphia are among the
first locations to start collecting wastewater samples in specific
communities for analysis at the CDC's polio laboratory, Xinhua news
agency reported.
The findings from wastewater testing will help
jurisdictions prioritise vaccination efforts in identified communities
of concern, said the CDC.
"Wastewater testing can be an important
tool to help us understand if poliovirus may be circulating in
communities in certain circumstances," said Jose R. Romero, director of
the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.
Vaccination remains the best way to prevent paralytic polio, Romero said.
In
the US, the risk of poliovirus to the public is low because most
people, greater than 92 per cent of Americans, were vaccinated during
childhood, according to the CDC.
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