By IDSE News Staff
A case of polio—the first since 2013—was diagnosed in Rockland County, N.Y., in an unvaccinated man, according to the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) and the Rockland County Department of Health (RCDH).
Sequencing performed by the Wadsworth Center—NYSDOH’s public health laboratory—and confirmed by the CDC showed revertant polio Sabin type 2 virus. This finding indicates a transmission chain from a person who received the oral polio