Stool screening of Syrian refugees and asylum seekers in Germany, 2013/2014: Identification of Sabin like polioviruses

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 305, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 601-606

  Böttcher, Sindy ^a   Neubauer, Katrin ^a   Baillot, Armin ^b   Rieder, Gabriele ^c   Adam, Maja ^d   Diedrich, Sabine ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Lower Saxony Governmental Institute of Public Health   (Germany)

^c Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority LGL   (Germany)

^d Governmental Institute of Public Health of Baden Wuerttemberg (LGA)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enterovirus; Polio; Polio eradication; Stool screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYLUM SEEKER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROVIRUS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFUGEE; RHINOVIRUS; RISK FACTOR; SABIN LIKE POLIOVIRUS; SCREENING TEST; SYRIAN; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; WILD TYPE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FECES; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FECES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POLIOVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFUGEES; SYRIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944280298     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2015.08.008     Document Type: Article

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