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Molecular characterization of a wild poliovirus type 3 epidemic in The Netherlands (1992 and 1993).
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 1995
Mulders M N, van Loon A M, van der Avoort H G, Reimerink J H, Ras A, Bestebroer T M, Drebot M A, Kew O M, Koopmans M P
Abstract excerpt
An outbreak of poliomyelitis due to wild poliovirus type 3 (PV3) occurred in an unvaccinated community in The Netherlands between September 1992 and February 1993. The outbreak involved 71 patients. The aim of this study was to characterize the virus at the molecular level and to analyze the molecular evolution of the epidemic virus. Molecular analysis was carried out by sequencing the VP1/2A junction region (150...
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