Polio found in New York wastewater month before confirmed case emerged

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in an emailed statement that the presence of the virus in wastewater indicates there may be more people in the community shedding the virus in their stool.

Laboratory tests also confirmed the strain in the case is genetically linked to one found in Israel, although that did not mean the patient had traveled to Israel, officials added. The CDC said genetic sequencing also tied it to samples of the highly contagious and life-threatening virus in the United Kingdom.

“Given how quickly polio can spread, now is the time for every adult, parent, and guardian to get themselves and their children vaccinated as soon as possible,” the New York state health commissioner, Dr Mary Bassett, said. New York officials have said they are opening vaccine clinics to help unvaccinated residents get their shots. Inactivated polio vaccine is the only polio vaccine that has been given in the United States since 2000, according to the CDC. It is given by shot in the leg or arm, depending on the patient*s age.

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