Emergence of Vaccine-derived Polioviruses, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2004–2011

Polioviruses isolated from 70 acute flaccid paralysis patients from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during 2004–2011 were characterized and found to be vaccine-derived type 2 polioviruses (VDPV2s). Partial genomic sequencing of the isolates revealed nucleotide sequence divergence of up to 3.5...

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Main Authors: Gumede, Nicksy, Lentsoane, Olivia, Burns, Cara C., Pallansch, Mark, de Gourville, Esther, Yogolelo, Riziki, Muyembe-Tamfum, Jean Jacques, Puren, Adrian, Schoub, Barry D., Venter, Marietjie
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3810735/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24047933
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1910.130028
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