Article
Poliovirus type 1 isolated from a vaccine-associated case of paralytic poliomyelitis in Brazil.
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas - 1 Jan 1996
Friedrich F, Filippis A M, Ferreira F C, Oliveira M J, Schatzmayr H G, Da-Silva E E
Abstract excerpt
This study reports a type 1 poliovirus strain isolated in Brazil from a case classified as vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis (VAPP). After serotyping of the viral isolate with hyperimmune equine sera, PCR and molecular hybridization techniques characterized the strain as P1/Sabin-derived...
Topics
- Brazil
- Child, Preschool
- Humans
- Mutation
- Poliomyelitis
- Poliovirus
- Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
