Vaccine-derived Polioviruses

To eradicate polio, we need to stop all strains of the virus, including vaccine-derived polioviruses. This short animation explains how these rare virus strains emerge and how to stop them.

Animation is also available with subtitles in other languages:  Français | Español  | عربي|  | 日本語で| 한국 |

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