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Evolution of the Sabin type 1 poliovirus in humans: characterization of strains isolated from patients with vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis.
Journal of virology - 1 Oct 1997
Georgescu M M, Balanant J, Macadam A, Otelea D, Combiescu M, Combiescu A A, Crainic R, Delpeyroux F
Abstract excerpt
Attenuated strains of the Sabin oral poliovirus vaccine replicate in the human gut and in rare cases cause vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis (VAPP). Reversion of vaccine strains toward a pathogenic phenotype is probably one of the main causes of VAPP, a disease most frequently associated with type 3 and type 2 strains and more rarely with the type 1 (Sabin 1) strain. To identify the determinants and...
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