Article
Isolation of sabin-like polioviruses from wastewater in a country using inactivated polio vaccine.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Sept 2008
Zurbriggen Sebastian, Tobler Kurt, Abril Carlos, Diedrich Sabine, Ackermann Mathias, Pallansch Mark A, Metzler Alfred
Abstract excerpt
From 2001 to 2004, Switzerland switched from routine vaccination with oral polio vaccine (OPV) to inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), using both vaccines in the intervening period. Since IPV is less effective at inducing mucosal immunity than OPV, this change might allow imported poliovirus to circu...
Topics
- Capsid Proteins
- Cells, Cultured
- Environmental Monitoring
- Epidemiological Monitoring
- Genotype
- Humans
- Immunization Programs
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Poliomyelitis