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Molecular characterization of diverse species enterovirus-B types from children with acute flaccid paralysis and asymptomatic children in Nigeria.
Virus research - 30 Aug 2014
Oyero Olufunmilayo G, Adu Festus D, Ayukekbong James A
Abstract excerpt
Non-polio enteroviruses (NPEVs) have often been identified in association with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in most polio surveillance studies worldwide. In a polio endemic country like Nigeria, there is need for distinction of AFP due to poliovirus and those potentially due to NPEVs. This study was undertaken to characterize the enterovirus (EV) types circulating in both children with and without AFP in...
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