Polio Stool Sample Collection

Stool sampling stool samples were collected from randomly selected children aged 3 years attending the neighbourhood polyclinics either for a well child visit or injury.

Polio stool sample collection.

This age criterion captured children targeted for vaccination in the second round of the mass campaign. Surveillance is one of the main pillars of the polio eradication initiative. New polio cases need a timely response and this needs a system that can detect investigate and confirm suspected cases of. Place the orange cap specimen container stool pathogen pcr panel giardia antigen stool culture in the refrigerator keep the green cap specimen container ova and parasites cryptosporidium at room temperature keep the screw cap container without liquid clostridium difficile in the refrigerator.

Cdc will conduct routine testing and typing of csf respiratory specimens and stool for enterovirus rhinovirus and poliovirus testing of stool specimens to rule out the presence of poliovirus. To store until ready to return your sample. By testing stool samples collected from children suffering acute flaccid paralysis the clearest symptom of the virus as well as samples taken from sewage water we are able to find the poliovirus wherever it is hiding. Before sending specimens to cdc please contact your state or local health department then email soberste cdc gov and cburns cdc gov for additional information and to provide shipment details.

Additional testing protocols are being developed to look for afm biomarkers and studies to identify possible mechanisms for afm are underway. Refer to this table when you collect store and ship specimens. All afp cases under 15 years of age or with paralytic illness at an age where polio is suspected should be reported immediately and investigated within 48 hours and two stool specimens should be collected 24 48 hours apart and within 14 days of the onset of paralysis.