Isolation and characterization of a highly evolved type 3 vaccine-derived poliovirus in China.

doi:10.1016/j.virusres.2017.06.017

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Isolation and characterization of a highly evolved type 3 vaccine-derived poliovirus in China.

Virus research - 15 Jun 2017

Zhang Xiaowei, Qin Chong, Li Wei, Zheng Zhenhua, Wang Hanzhong, Cui Zongqiang

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In this study, we report the identification and characterization of a highly evolved type 3 vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) strain designated as WIV14, isolated in 2014 from a 4-year-old child suspected of having an enteroviral infection in China. Complete genome sequence of WIV14 revealed mult...

Topics

Child, Preschool
China
Enterovirus Infections
Genotype
Humans
Mutation
Poliovirus
Poliovirus Vaccines
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Whole Genome Sequencing

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