Article
The postpolio syndrome: No evidence for poliovirus persistence
1 Dec 1992
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the possibility of poliovirus persistence in patients with the postpolio syndrome, we examined skeletal muscle biopsy specimens, cerebrospinal fluid specimens, and sera for the presence of poliovirus RNA by the polymerase chain reaction, and for IgM antibodies by a poliovirus type-specific IgM antibody-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. In none of these specimens was poliovirus RNA or a...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
