Antigenic and molecular characterization of wild type 1 poliovirus causing outbreaks of poliomyelitis in Albania and neighboring countries in 1996

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1912-1918

  Fiore, L ^a   Genovese, D ^a   Diamanti, E ^b   Catone, S ^a   Ridolfi, B ^a   Ibrahimi, B ^b   Konomi, R ^b   Van Der Avoort, H G A M ^c   Hovi, T ^d   Crainic, R ^e   Simeoni, P ^a   Amato, C ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Public Health Institute   (Albania)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ALBANIA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS 1; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YUGOSLAVIA;

HUMAN POLIOVIRUS 1; POLIOVIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0031837585     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.7.1912-1918.1998     Document Type: Article

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