title: Molecular epidemiology of an outbreak of poliomyelitis in South Africa in 1987/1988.
abstract: An outbreak of paralytic poliomyelitis occurred in the Republic of South Africa in 1987/88. The epidemic took place in the Natal/KwaZulu region of South Africa and was due to type 1 poliovirus. Twenty-four isolates were characterised by 1- and 2-dimensional oligonucleotide mapping and a single strain of wild-type poliovirus was identified. The same strain of virus was also isolated in other areas of South Africa at the time of the outbreak and has persisted into 1989.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, University of the Witwatersrand, Sandraingham, Republic of South Africa.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Tsilimigras
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rossouw
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Schoub
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006801:Humans; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D010641:Phenotype; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D017955:Poliovirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D012367:RNA, Viral