title: Status of immunity against poliomyelitis in the acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases in Romania between 2009-2012.
abstract: Poliovirus (PV), a member of the Enterovirus genus, is the etiological agent of poliomyelitis, an acute paralytic disease. No poliovirus strain has been isolated in Romania since 2009. A serosurvey study carried out between 2009-2012, that involved 76 serum samples from acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases, showed a low protection level in the examined subjects against type 1 (80%), type 2 (79%) and type 3 (71%) poliovirus Sabin strains. Samples with titers ≥ 1:8 were considered positive. Suboptimal seroprevalence in the AFP cases confirmed that a high level of immunization against polio must be assured in our country, because the risk of importation and subsequent transmission of the poliovirus remains until polio is globally eradicated.
authors.forename: Anda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Băicuş
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000276:immunology*; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000276:immunology*; D013997:Time Factors