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) |