Where is poliovirus still prevalent in 2024?

Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious viral disease that largely affects children under five years of age. Wild poliovirus cases have decreased by 99 percent since 1988. The latest emergence of the diseases in Gaza is the circulating variant type 2 poliovirus (cVDPV2).

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