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Use of mutational pattern in 5'-NCR and VP1 regions of polioviruses for molecular diagnosis.
Molecular and cellular probes - 1 Aug 2007
Pliaka V, Dedepsidis E, Kyriakopoulou Z, Papadopoulou I, Levidiotou S, Markoulatos P
Abstract excerpt
Polioviruses are members of the enterovirus genus, belonging to the Picornaviridae family. They are the causative agents of poliomyelitis, a paralytic and sometimes fatal disease in humans. The number of poliomyelitis cases caused by wild poliovirus infections has been dramatically reduced by the extensive use of two available vaccines: the inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) and the oral poliovirus vaccine...
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