2005 poliovirus eradication: poliovirus presence in Cyprus 2 years after.
The last case of polio in Cyprus caused by a wild-type poliovirus occurred in 1995. Since then Cyprus belongs to the countries considered poliovirus-free by the WHO. The aim of this study was to confirm the absence of any circulating wild-type polioviruses and to monitor vaccine-derived polioviruses in Cyprus by analysis of sewages. During the course of this study no wild-type polioviruses were identified, although the identification of viable oral poliovirus vaccine isolates confirmed the presence and circulation of poliovirus vaccine strains in sewage in Cyprus.
Richter
Jan
J
Department of Molecular Virology, Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus. richter@cing.ac.cy
Bashiardes
Stavros
S
Koptides
Dana
D
Tryfonos
Christina
C
Pissarides
Nikolas
N
Stavrou
Niki
N
Papageorgiou
Georgos T
GT
Christodoulou
Christina
C
D003535:Cyprus; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000821:virology; D017955:Poliovirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011055:Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral / Q000276:immunology; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012722:Sewage / Q000821:virology*
D011055:Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral; D012722:Sewage