Abstract
The risk of importation and transmission of poliovirus strains to small susceptible groups within populations will remain until polio is eradicated globally. We investigated the circulation and biodiversity of enteroviruses in a group of children under 6 years of age with low vaccine coverage against polio. Only vaccine Sabin strains and viruses of the human enterovirus species B were isolated from the group. Evidence of inter-human circulation of Sabin strains was found.
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We thank Dr. Adriana Pistol and Dr. Viorica Gheorghiu from the National Institute of Public Health for epidemiological support in the surveillance of the AFP cases in Romania, and Dr. Laura Militaru from the Public Health Authority, Tulcea County, for collaboration in collecting samples and epidemiological support. Florence Colbère-Garapin is gratefully acknowledged for her work on the manuscript. This study was supported by the Transversal Research Program PTR- 276, the Agence Nationale pour la Recherche (ANR O9 MIEN 019), the Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale (FRM DMI20091117313) and the CNCSIS–UEFISCSU, project number PNII – IDEI code 219/2007.
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Baicus, A., Persu, A., Dinu, S. et al. The frequency and biodiversity of poliovirus and non-polio enterovirus strains isolated from healthy children living in a limited area in Romania. Arch Virol 156, 701–706 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-010-0895-6
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