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SUBMITTER: Rakoto-Andrianarivelo M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC540130 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rakoto-Andrianarivelo Mala M Rousset Dominique D Razafindratsimandresy Richter R Chevaliez Stéphane S Guillot Sophie S Balanant Jean J Delpeyroux Francis F
Journal of clinical microbiology 20050101 1
Four poliomyelitis outbreaks caused by vaccine-derived polioviruses have been reported recently, including one in Madagascar in 2002. In all cases, the viral strains involved were recombinant between poliovirus vaccine strains and nonpoliovirus strains, probably enterovirus species C. Nevertheless, little is known about the circulation and epidemiology of enteroviruses in the regions where these outbreaks occurred. To assess the circulation of enteroviruses (particularly enterovirus species C) i ...[more]