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Characterization of non-polio enterovirus isolates from acute flaccid paralysis children in Pakistan reflects a new genotype of EV-107.
Virus research - 1 Dec 2012
Shaukat Shahzad, Angez Mehar, Alam Muhammad Masroor, Sharif Salmaan, Khurshid Adnan, Mahmood Tariq, Zaidi Syed Sohail Zahoor
Abstract excerpt
Enteroviruses comprise a group of genetically diverse RNA viruses that usually cause respiratory illnesses, myocarditis, enteritis, meningitis, encephalitis and poliomyelitis. In this study, 23 non-polio enteroviruses, isolated during September-October 2009 from stool specimens of children suffering from acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) were subjected to serotype determination by using RIVM antiserum pools....
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