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Table 1 Number of virus types detected in the resulting isolates from environmental surveillance conducted in Yaounde and Douala between January 2016 and December 2017

From: Detection and characterization of polioviruses originating from urban sewage in Yaounde and Douala, Cameroon 2016–2017

Towns and sampling sites

2016

SL1

SL1 + SL2

SL2

SL2 + SL3

SL3

NPEV + SL1

NPEV + SL1 + SL2

NPEV + SL1 + SL3

NPEV + SL2

NPEV + SL3

NPEV

Negative samples

Positive samples

All samples

Yaounde

Aurore

          

3

23

3

26

Maetur Mendong

 

1

 

1

      

6

10

8

18

Melen Elobi

    

1

     

3

11

4

15

Mokolo Market

         

1

4

18

5

23

Mvog-Ada

1

 

1

       

9

14

11

25

Nkolndongo

           

11

 

11

Nkomkana

   

1

 

1

1

 

1

 

8

12

12

24

Sports Palace

          

8

18

8

26

Total Yaounde

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

 

1

1

41

117

51

168

Douala

Cité des Palmiers

1

 

2

    

1

  

5

16

9

25

Derrière Jet Hotel

    

1

     

3

10

4

14

Pamplemousse Drain

        

1

 

9

15

10

25

Camp Yabassi Bridge

   

1

1

1

  

1

 

5

15

9

25

Total Douala

1

 

2

1

2

1

 

1

2

 

22

56

32

89

Total general

2

1

3

3

3

2

1

1

3

1

63

173

83

257

Towns and sampling sites

2017

2016–2017

SL1

SL3

NPEV + SL1

NPEV + SL3

NPEV

Negative samples

Positive samples

All samples

Positive samples

All samples

Positive samples (%)

Yaounde

Aurore

     

2

0

2

3

28

10.7

Maetur Mendong

    

5

12

5

17

13

35

37.1

Melen Elobi

1

   

3

17

4

21

8

36

22.2

Mokolo Market

    

8

15

8

23

13

46

28.3

Mvog-Ada

 

1

 

1

8

14

10

24

21

49

42.9

Nkolndongo

 

1

1

 

7

16

9

25

9

36

25.0

Nkomkana

2

2

  

5

11

9

20

21

44

47.7

Sports Palace

 

1

 

2

10

12

13

25

21

51

41.2

Total Yaounde

3

5

1

3

46

99

58

157

109

325

33.5

Douala

Cité des Palmiers

   

1

6

17

7

24

16

49

32.7

Derrière Jet Hotel

    

7

17

7

24

11

38

28.9

Pamplemousse Drain

   

2

7

17

9

26

19

51

37.3

Camp Yabassi Bridge

 

1

 

1

7

20

9

29

18

54

33.3

Total Douala

 

1

 

4

27

71

32

103

64

192

33.3

Total general

3

6

1

7

73

170

90

260

173

517

33.5

  1. Mixtures of two or more viruses are specified with the “+” sign linking them
  2. For clarity, values equal to zero (0) have been omitted; except those in the raws corresponding to sub-totals and totals that are highlighted in italic
  3. SL1: Type 1 Sabin-like poliovirus; SL2: type 2 Sabin-like poliovirus; SL3: type 3 Sabin-like poliovirus; NPEV: non-polio enterovirus