Cases of wild poliovirus type 1 and circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2,*,† by province and period — Afghanistan, January 2020–November 2021§
Abbreviations: cVDPV2 = circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2; WPV1 = wild poliovirus type 1.
* cVDPVs are genetically linked VDPV2 isolates for which there is evidence of person-to-person transmission in the community.
† Total cases by period: January–June 2020 = 34 WPV1 and 54 cVDPV2; July–December 2020 = 22 WPV1 and 254 cVDPV2; and January–November 2021 = 4 WPV1 and 43 cVDPV2.
§ Data as of January 11, 2022.