Search for poliovirus carriers among people with primary immune deficiency diseases in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, and the United Kingdom

Search for poliovirus carriers among people with primary immune deficiency diseases in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, and the United Kingdom

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the rate of long-term poliovirus excretors in people known to have B-cell immune deficiency disorders. METHODS: An active search for chronic excretors was conducted among 306 persons known to have immunoglobulin G (IgG) deficiency in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, and the...

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Main Authors: Halsey Neal A., Pinto Jorge, Espinosa-Rosales Francisco, Faure-Fontenla María A., Silva Edson da, Khan Aamir J., Webster A.D.B., Minor Philip, Dunn Glynis, Asturias Edwin, Hussain Hamidah, Pallansch Mark A., Kew Olen M., Winkelstein Jerry, Sutter Roland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2004-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
Poliovirus/isolation and purification
Carrier state
Poliomyelitis/chemically induced
Poliomyelitis/transmission
Poliovirus vaccine, Oral/adverse effects
IgA deficiency
IgG deficiency
Common variable immunodeficiency
Agammaglobulinemia
United States
Mexico
Brazil
United Kingdom
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862004000100004

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