Circulation of poliovirus among risk groups in Ibadan, Nigeria

被引:5
作者
Adu, FD
Odemuyiwa, SO
Tomori, O
机构
[1] Department of Virology, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan
关键词
polio virus; wild type; Nigeria;
D O I
10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90109-1
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Faecal samples collected from 114 fully vaccinated pre-school children and 32 unvaccinated infants in Ibadan, Nigeria, were assayed for poliovirus in Hep-2 and RD cell cultures. 8 strains of poliovirus type 1 were isolated from 146 samples-3 from 32 unvaccinated children aged less than 40 d and 5 from 114 fully vaccinated children aged between 9 and 60 months. Studies using Sabin and wild monoclonal antibodies and the polymerase chain reaction confirmed 7 of the 8 isolates to be of the wild type, a possible source of infection among vaccinated children.
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