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> Wild type 2 poliovirus no longer exists anywhere in the world… How do you prove that claim?
by jjtheblunt 4y ago
> Wild type 2 poliovirus no longer exists anywhere in the world…
How do you prove that claim?
- makomk 4y agoIt's impossible to be 100% certain, but there's no animal reservoirs for polio that have ever been known to exist and it hasn't been seen in humans for a couple of decades now - if it was still in existence we'd probably know about it by know, given how infectious polio is. All of the recent outbreaks are either type 1 poliovirus (mostly in Pakistan and Afghanistan) or have been linked to the vaccine via genetic testing.