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Poliovirus Testing Begins in Michigan

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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) recently announced it is collaborating with local partners to begin wastewater testing for poliovirus in Oakland County, Michigan.
After detecting a paralytic polio case in Rockland County, New York, in 2022, MDHHS began working with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to identify communities with a potential risk for polio transmission.