The show is not over – wild-type polio in Malawi is a wake-up call and an opportunity for elimination efforts

• Kerrigan McCarthy,
• Wayne Howard,
• Mukhlid Yousif,
• Shelina Moonsamy,
• Melinda Suchard

Affiliations

Kerrigan McCarthy

Centre for Vaccines and Immunology, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa; School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand; Corresponding author at: Centre for Vaccines and Immunology, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Wayne Howard

Centre for Vaccines and Immunology, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa

Mukhlid Yousif

Centre for Vaccines and Immunology, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa; Department of Virology, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Shelina Moonsamy

Centre for Vaccines and Immunology, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa

Melinda Suchard

Centre for Vaccines and Immunology, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa; Department of Chemical Pathology, School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa