Poliovirus Investigation Integrates Michigan and Pennsylvania

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During the summer of 2022, the state of New York (N.Y.) began investigating the presence of poliovirus in wastewater in various counties. 
As of October 28, 2022, eight-two wastewater samples have been found genetically linked to the individual case of paralytic polio (Acute Flaccid Myelitis) in a Rockland County, N.Y., resident.
In response to the unknown risk, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on November 30, 2022, that it would strategically expand poliovirus wastewater testing in select jurisdictions across the country.

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