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Detection of non-polio enteroviruses from 17 years of virological surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis in the Philippines.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Apr 2012
Apostol Lea Necitas, Suzuki Akira, Bautista Analisa, Galang Hazel, Paladin Fem Julia, Fuji Naoko, Lupisan Socorro, Olveda Remigio, Oshitani Hitoshi
Abstract excerpt
Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance has been conducted as part of the World Health Organization (WHO) strategy on poliomyelitis eradication. Aside from poliovirus, which is the target pathogen, isolation, and identification of non-polio enteroviruses (NPEVs) is also done by neutralization test using pools of antisera which can only identify limited number of NPEVs. In the Philippines, despite the...
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