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Identification of new genotype of Echovirus 19 from children with Acute Flaccid Paralysis in Pakistan.
Scientific reports - 8 Dec 2015
Angez Mehar, Shaukat Shahzad, Zahra Rabaab, Sharif Salmaan, Alam Muhammad Masroor, Khurshid Adnan, Rana Muhammad Suleman, Zaidi Syed Sohail Zahoor
Abstract excerpt
Enteroviruses are known to cause childhood paralysis. The purpose of this study was to examine the genetic diversity and to determine the association of non-polio enteroviruses (NPEVs) with acute flaccid Paralysis (AFP). Stool samples (n = 1191) of children with AFP were collected from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Poliovirus was isolated in 205 (17.2%) samples and NPEVs...
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