India, Feb. 24 -- Experts from the World Health Organisation (WHO)-National Public Health Support Network (NPSN) and ICMR-National Institute of Virology (NIV), Mumbai for the first time will conduct environmental surveillance for wild poliovirus (WPV) and vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) in Pune, said the officials.

According to officials, a technical team from WHO-NPSN and district officials visited Pune's urban areas to identify sewage collection sites. Based on an analysis of the sewerage drainage system and the location of high-risk populations in the catchment areas of sewage treatment plants (STPs), the sampling sites have been identified at Bhairoba Nala and Baner STPs.

During the environmental surveillance samples are collected...