Article
Nucleotide variation in Sabin type 3 poliovirus from an Albanian infant with agammaglobulinemia and vaccine associated poliomyelitis.
BMC infectious diseases - 10 Jun 2016
Foiadelli Thomas, Savasta Salvatore, Battistone Andrea, Kota Majlinda, Passera Carolina, Fiore Stefano, Bino Silvia, Amato Concetta, Lozza Alessandro, Marseglia Gian Luigi, Fiore Lucia
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis (VAPP) and immunodeficient long-term polio excretors constitute a significant public health burden and are a major concern for the WHO global polio eradication endgame. CASE PRESENTATION: Poliovirus type 3 characterized as Sabin-like was isol...
Topics
- Agammaglobulinemia
- Albania
- Capsid Proteins
- Electromyography
- Genetic Diseases, X-Linked
- Humans
- Infant
- Italy
- Male
- Mutation
- Neural Conduction
- Poliomyelitis
- Poliovirus
- Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral