title: Retrospective study on poliomyelitis cases in northern Greece.
abstract: Here we report the results of a retrospective study on the epidemiological characteristics and genetic relationships of the virus isolates responsible for the last poliomyelitis cases in Greece. The last wild poliomyelitis case in Greece was detected in 1996, and the last vaccine-related strain was isolated in 1998. The whole of Europe, including Greece, is now considered to be polio-free.
authors.affiliation: A' Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54006, Greece.
authors.forename: Filanthi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Frantzidou
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papa
authors.forename: Dimitra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chalkia
authors.forename: Antonis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Antoniadis
mesh_terms: D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D017955:Poliovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D023321:Poliovirus Vaccines / Q000235:genetics; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D023321:Poliovirus Vaccines