Polio was present in wastewater in a New York City suburb a month before officials announced the first confirmed US case in nearly a decade, it has been revealed.
Officials say the virus's presence in wastewater indicates there may be more people in the community shedding itState health officials said the virus had been found in wastewater samples collected in June, meaning the disease was present in the community before the diagnosis was made public on July 21.Authorities urged residents to be sure they had been vaccinated.
However the CDC added there had been no new cases identified, and that it was not yet clear whether the virus was actively spreading in New York or elsewhere in the US. The patient started showing symptoms in June, when local officials asked doctors to be on the lookout for cases, according to the New York Times.
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