CDC Issues Warning as New Data Shows Scope of Polio Spread in NYC Area - NBC New York

About 8% of wastewater samples tested successful a 13-county country astir New York City successful caller months came backmost affirmative for polio, the CDC said Friday, indicating sustained assemblage transmission of the microorganism successful the region.

The investigating follows the find of a lawsuit of paralytic polio successful an unvaccinated Rockland County antheral this summer. Thus far, helium is the lone known lawsuit - but the information published Friday marque wide the microorganism has dispersed widely.

Between March 9 and October 11, researchers collected 1,076 wastewater samples from 48 sites covering 13 counties successful the region. Of those, 89 samples, oregon 8.3% of the total, tested affirmative for poliovirus benignant 2.

"Although astir persons successful the United States are sufficiently immunized, unvaccinated oregon undervaccinated persons surviving oregon moving successful Kings, Orange, Queens, Rockland, oregon Sullivan counties, New York should implicit the polio vaccination bid arsenic soon arsenic possible," the researchers wrote.

Of the 89 affirmative samples, 82 were genetically linked to the Rockland County man's infection, and 80 of those 82 were recovered successful Rockland, Sullivan and Orange counties.

A full of 7 affirmative samples were recovered from sites serving the New York City area.

"Wastewater investigating successful conjunction with high-quality AFM (acute flaccid myelitis) surveillance, has helped clarify the scope of the polio outbreak successful New York, which indicates assemblage transmission successful a five-county country adjacent the lone identified symptomatic patient," the CDC wrote.

Its researchers accent anyone surviving successful Kings, Orange, Queens, Rockland oregon Sullivan counties implicit their vaccination bid against the polio microorganism arsenic soon arsenic possible.

Last week, the CDC said it was considering utilizing an oral polio vaccine for the archetypal clip successful 2 decades successful an effort to halt a imaginable outbreak.