Duizer, ErwinRuijs, Wilhelmina Lmvan der Weijden, Charlie PTimen, Aura2018-01-292018-01-292017-05-25Response to a wild poliovirus type 2 (WPV2)-shedding event following accidental exposure to WPV2, the Netherlands, April 2017. 2017, 22 (21) Euro Surveill.1560-79172859783010.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.21.30542http://hdl.handle.net/10029/621272On 3 April 2017, a wild poliovirus type 2 (WPV2) spill occurred in a Dutch vaccine manufacturing plant. Two fully vaccinated operators with risk of exposure were advised on stringent personal hygiene and were monitored for virus shedding. Poliovirus (WPV2-MEF1) was detected in the stool of one, 4 days after exposure, later also in sewage samples. The operator was isolated at home and followed up until shedding stopped 29 days after exposure. No further transmission was detected.enArchived with thanks to Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletinArticleEuro Surveill 2017; 22(21): pii30542