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Active clinical and environmental surveillance with meticulous laboratory investigations provide insights into poliovirus transmission patterns and genomic diversity to inform decisions for strategic operations required to achieve eradication.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We analyzed epidemiological and virological data to comprehend the current epidemiological status of WPV1 in Pakistan during 2015\u20132017. Stool specimens of patients with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) and sewage samples collected from 60 environmental sites were tested. Viral culturing, intratypic differentiation by real-time polymerase chain reaction, and nucleic acid sequencing of the VP1 region of the poliovirus genome to determine genetic relatedness among WPV1 strains were applied.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Poliovirus isolates were grouped into 11 distinct clusters, which had \u226595% nucleotide homology in the VP1 coding region. Most of the poliovirus burden was shared by 3 major reservoirs: Karachi, Peshawar, and Quetta block (64.2% in 2015, 75.4% in 2016, and 76.7% in 2017).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Environmental surveillance reveals importations and pockets of unimmunized children that dictate intensive target mop-up campaigns to contain poliovirus transmission. A decrease in the number of orphan isolates reflects effective combination of AFP and environmental surveillance in Pakistan. The genetic data reflect sustained transmission within reservoir areas, further expanded by periodic importations to areas of high immunity reflected by immediate termination of imported viruses. Improved immunization coverage with high-quality surveillance is vital for global certification of polio eradication.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/cid\/ciz1037","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,23]],"date-time":"2019-10-23T11:13:24Z","timestamp":1571829204000},"page":"e58-e67","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Genetic Epidemiology Reveals 3 Chronic Reservoir Areas With Recurrent Population Mobility Challenging Poliovirus Eradication in Pakistan"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"71","author":[{"given":"Ribqa","family":"Akhtar","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Virology, National Institute of Health, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan"},{"name":"Department of Biotechnology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nayab","family":"Mahmood","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Virology, National 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