title: The frequency and biodiversity of poliovirus and non-polio enterovirus strains isolated from healthy children living in a limited area in Romania.
abstract: The risk of importation and transmission of poliovirus strains to small susceptible groups within populations will remain until polio is eradicated globally. We investigated the circulation and biodiversity of enteroviruses in a group of children under 6 years of age with low vaccine coverage against polio. Only vaccine Sabin strains and viruses of the human enterovirus species B were isolated from the group. Evidence of inter-human circulation of Sabin strains was found.
authors.affiliation: Cantacuzino National Institute of Research-Development for Microbiology and Immunology, 103 Splaiul Independentei, Bucharest, Romania. abaicus@cantacuzino.ro
authors.forename: Anda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baicus
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Persu
authors.forename: Sorin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dinu
authors.forename: Marie-Line
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Joffret
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Delpeyroux
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Oprisan
mesh_terms: D044822:Biodiversity; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004770:Enterovirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004769:Enterovirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology