The first case of polio was recorded in the United States in nearly 10 years. It was stated that a case of vaccine-induced polio was detected in 1 person in Rockland County, north of New York City, and this was the first case recorded in the USA since 2013. In the statement made by the state of New York, it was stated that the patient was not infected in the USA, and it was stated that the patient was infected with a type 2 polio virus, which is an oral polio vaccine used in some countries. Oral polio vaccine use was discontinued in the United States in 2000. No information was provided about the age of the patient who had a stroke, or whether he had recently left the country.
VACCINE EXPLANATION
New York State Health Commissioner Mary Bassett said in a statement that people vaccinated against polio do not face a risk due to the detected case, and emphasized that children who have not been vaccinated against the virus should be vaccinated.
STARTED IN 1955
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with the introduction of vaccines against polio in 1955, a national vaccination campaign was launched in the US, with the annual number of cases in the US falling to less than 100 in the 1960s and by the 1970s. dropped below 10. In 1979, polio eradication was declared in the USA, so there was no more routine spread.
The last case in the USA, where there is no routine spread, was detected in 2013 in the 7-month-old children of a family who moved from India to San Antonio, Texas, USA.