Article
Molecular epidemiology of poliovirus infection in Tunisia.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jun 1999
Triki H, Bahri O, Guillot S, VAN DER Avoort H G A M, Ben Sassi J, Arrouji A, Arrouji Z, Slim A, Crainic R, Dellagi K
Abstract excerpt
This report is an overview of poliomyelitis surveillance in Tunisia from 1991 to 1996. In all, 2088 stool specimens, collected from 152 acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases and from 1747 of their healthy contacts were investigated. Virus isolation was done systematically in RD and HEp-2C cell lines and isolated viruses were typed by sero-neutralisation as polioviruses or non-polio enteroviruses. Poliovirus...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Enterovirus
- Feces
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Muscle Hypotonia
- Paralysis
- Poliomyelitis
