title: 2005 poliovirus eradication: poliovirus presence in Cyprus 2 years after.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Molecular Virology, Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus. richter@cing.ac.cy
authors: Jan
authors: J
authors: Richter
authors: Stavros
authors: S
authors: Bashiardes
authors: Dana
authors: D
authors: Koptides
authors: Christina
authors: C
authors: Tryfonos
authors: Nikolas
authors: N
authors: Pissarides
authors: Niki
authors: N
authors: Stavrou
authors: Georgos T
authors: GT
authors: Papageorgiou
authors: Christina
authors: C
authors: Christodoulou
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D011055:Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral; D012722:Sewage