title: [Enteroviruses serotypes isolated in years 2008-2009 in NIPH-NIH].
abstract: Enteroviruses are important etiologic agents of many human diseases such as diarrhea, self-limiting gastroenteritis, respiratory infections, conjunctivitis, hepatitis, aseptic meningitis, encephalitis, and paralysis. The aim of this study was the evaluation of the frequency of enteroviral infections in Poland in 2008-2009. Out of 178 clinical materials tested for the presence of enteroviruses, 24 samples (13,5%) were positive. In the case of 153 samples from patients suffering from acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), positive results were obtained for 6 samples (4%). Moreover, 25 samples coming from patients with clinical symptoms caused by nonpoliomyelitic enteroviruses were analyzed, giving 18 positive results (72%). The most frequently isolated enterovirus serotypes were Coxsackie B (25%), ECHO30 (25%) i ECHO6 (21%).
authors.affiliation: Zakład Wirusologii Narodowego Instytutu Zdrowia Publicznego - Państwowego Zakładu Higieny. awitek@pzh.gov.pl
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Witek
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wieczorek
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brzóstkowska
mesh_terms: D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D030015:Enterovirus C, Human / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D004769:Enterovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012703:Serotyping; D014779:Virus Replication
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral