Clinical and Epidemiological Investigation of Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Type 2 Outbreak in Pakistan During 2019–2021
Our findings highlight the imperative need of optimal vaccination coverage during routine immunization to build up and sustain the immunity against poliovirus for successful eradication of endemic wild poliovirus type 1 and to prevent cVDPV2 emergence.
Authors
- Zara Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7624-6379)
- Muhammad Faraz Arshad Malik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2230-0990)
- Muhammad Masroor Alam
- Lubna Rehman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5832-6578)
- Mohammed A. Soghaier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8166-0489)
- Adnan Khurshid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8780-6992)
- Muhammad Suleman Rana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3665-5944)
- Ribqa Akhtar
- Yasir Arshad
- Massab Umair (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4540-8467)
- Muhammad Usman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6900-1333)
- Muhammad Salman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6707-2461)
- Ghulam Mujtaba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9244-5346)
- Salmaan Sharif (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2558-3068)
- Nighat Mushtaq
- Nayab Mehmood
- Syed Sohail Zahoor Zaidi
- Bisma Sarfaraz
Institutions
- World Health Organization - Pakistan (PK)
- COMSATS University Islamabad (PK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-03-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaf151
- Primary Topic
- Viral Infections and Immunology Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00