RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Poliovirus returns to the UK after nearly 40 years: current efforts and future recommendations
JF Postgraduate Medical Journal
JO Postgrad Med J
FD The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
SP 816
OP 819
DO 10.1136/pmj-2022-142103
VO 98
IS 1165
A1 Olivier Uwishema
A1 Stanley Chinedu Eneh
A1 Elissa El Jurdi
A1 Omotayo Faith Olanrewaju
A1 Zahraa Abbass
A1 Mubarak Mustapha Jolayemi
A1 Nour Mina
A1 Lea Kseiry
A1 Irem Adanur
A1 Helen Onyeaka
A1 Jack Wellington FGMS
YR 2022
UL http://pmj.bmj.com/content/98/1165/816.abstract
AB On 22 June 2022, the UK Health Security Agency declared a ‘rare national incidence’ after finding poliovirus in sewage in London for the first time in nearly 40 years. Although no cases of the disease or accompanying paralysis have been documented, the general public’s risk is considered minimal. However, public health experts recommend that families are up to date on their polio vaccines to decrease the chance of harm. This article discusses the epidemiology of poliovirus by examining the aetiology of the disease and current mitigation policies implemented to prevent the spread of type 2 vaccine-deceived poliovirus in the UK. Finally, by examining the clinical features of polio, which range from mild gastroenteritis episodes, respiratory sickness, malaise and severe paralysis type, this article offers an advice on particular therapies and tactics to avoid poliovirus outbreaks and other future outbreaks.