title: Molecular characterization of wild-type polioviruses isolated in Greece during the 1996 outbreak in Albania.
abstract: During the present study three type 1 poliovirus strains isolated in Greece during the 1996 poliomyelitis outbreak in Albania were retrospectively investigated and determination of their relationship with other epidemic strains isolated in Albania or elsewhere during previous epidemics was attempted. SimPlot analysis revealed that the three Greek strains are the result of a recombination event in the VP2 coding region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, 26, Ploutonos and Aeolou St., Larissa 41221, Greece.
authors.forename: Zaharoula
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kyriakopoulou
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kottaridi
authors.forename: Evaggelos
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dedepsidis
authors.forename: Eugenia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bolanaki
authors.forename: Stamatina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Levidiotou-Stefanou
authors.forename: Panayotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Markoulatos
mesh_terms: D000415:Albania / Q000453:epidemiology; D001483:Base Sequence; D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016679:Genome, Viral; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D017955:Poliovirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011995:Recombination, Genetic
chemical_list: D036022:Capsid Proteins; D004279:DNA, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral; C442541:VP2 protein, Poliovirus