Article
Isolation of vaccine-derived type 1 polioviruses displaying similar properties to virulent wild strain Mahoney from sewage in Japan.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Nov 2002
Horie Hitoshi, Yoshida Hiromu, Matsuura Kumiko, Miyazawa Miwako, Wakabayashi Kengo, Nomoto Akio, Hashizume So
Abstract excerpt
Type 1, 2, and 3 vaccine-derived polioviruses were isolated from a sewage disposal plant located downstream of the Oyabe River in Toyama Prefecture, Japan, between October 1993 and September 1995. Neurovirulence was analyzed in 13 type 1 vaccine-derived strains, using mutant analysis by polymeras...
Topics
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antibodies, Viral
- Humans
- Japan
- Mutation
- Neutralization Tests
- Poliovirus
- Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Restriction Mapping
- Sewage
- Temperature
- Viral Plaque Assay
- Virulence
- Virus Replication
