Effect of Temperature and Distance on the Viral Outcome of Clinical Specimens From Acute Flaccid Paralysis Cases in Nigeria

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 254-261

  Adu, Festus D ^a   Idowu, Ayodeji A ^b   Akintokun, Aderonke K ^b   Adeniji, Johnson A ^b   Ajuwon, Bolajoko O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Acute flaccid paralysis; Clinical samples; Cold box; Nigeria; Orphan; Polio

Indexed keywords

VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FECES ANALYSIS; FLACCID PARALYSIS; LABORATORY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLD TEMPERATURE; FECES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NIGERIA; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VIRAL LOAD;

POLIOVIRUS;

EID: 84864020639     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: 10982825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.21514     Document Type: Article

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