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. 2024 Dec 17;119(1-2):60–72. doi: 10.1080/20477724.2024.2439740

Table 1.

Poliovirus classification and summary of types.

Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Pisuviricota
Class: Pisoniviricetes
Order: Picornavirales
Family: Picornaviridae
Genus: Enterovirus
Species: Enterovirus C
Virus: Poliovirus
Poliovirus Serotypes: PV1, PV2, PV3
Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus (VDPV): Variant mutated from Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV)
VDPV Types: Circulating VDPVs (cVDPVs), Immunodeficiency-associated VDPVs (iVDPV), Ambiguous VDPVs (aVDPVs)
Wild Poliovirus (WPV) WPV type 1 (WPV1), WPV type 2 (WPV2), WPV type 3 (WPV3)