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[Genetic variability of Poliovirus: typing of strains isolated in Madagascar by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) assay].
Archives de l'Institut Pasteur de Madagascar - 1 Jan 2003
Razafindratsimandresy R, Rakoto Andrianarivelo M, Rousset D
Abstract excerpt
The differentiation of the vaccine or wild origin of Poliovirus at the laboratory is an important step towards the process of the poliomyelitis eradication. We report herein the results obtained from Poliovirus types 3 and 2, isolated in Madagascar in 1997 and 2002 from healthy children and cases of acute flaccid paralysis, respectively. The technique used is based on the amplification of genome (RT-PCR),...
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