title: Imported case of poliomyelitis, Melbourne, Australia, 2007.
abstract: Wild poliovirus-associated paralytic poliomyelitis has not been reported in Australia since 1977. We report type 1 wild poliovirus infection in a man who had traveled from Pakistan to Australia in 2007. Poliomyelitis should be considered for patients with acute flaccid paralysis or unexplained fever who have been to poliomyelitis-endemic countries.
authors.affiliation: Eastern Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. andrew.stew@rdson.net
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Stewardson
authors.forename: Jason A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Carolyn L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Beckett
authors.forename: Hayden T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Prime
authors.forename: Poh-Sien
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Loh
authors.forename: Bruce R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Thorley
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Daffy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010154:Pakistan; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D017955:Poliovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011859:Radiography; D014195:Travel; D055815:Young Adult