Emergence of Vaccine-derived Polioviruses, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2004–2011

Emergence of Vaccine-derived Polioviruses, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2004–2011

Polioviruses isolated from 70 acute flaccid paralysis patients from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during 2004–2011 were characterized and found to be vaccine-derived type 2 polioviruses (VDPV2s). Partial genomic sequencing of the isolates revealed nucleotide sequence divergence of up to 3.5...

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Main Authors: Nicksy Gumede, Olivia Lentsoane, Cara C. Burns, Mark Pallansch, Esther de Gourville, Riziki Yogolelo, Jean Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, Adrian Puren, Barry D. Schoub, Marietjie Venter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
vaccine-derived poliovirus
cVDPV
viruses
Democratic Republic of Congo
DRC
poliovirus
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/10/13-0028_article

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