Poliovirus surveillance in patients with acute flaccid paralytic syndrome in 2003
- Author:
Nguyen Thi Hien Thanh
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Poliovirus;
Acute flaccid paralytic syndrome;
Patient;
Surveillance;
- MeSH:
Poliovirus;
Paralysis
- From:Journal of Preventive Medicine
2005;15(1):8-13
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
In 2003, National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory-NIHE of Hanoi isolated three type 3 poliovirus strains from 466 stool specimens of 233 acute flaccid paralysis cases. All these poliovirus strains were confirmed as Sabin-like strains. 86 other non-polio enterovirus strains were isolated including 31 echoviruses, 4 coxsackie B viruses and 51 untyped enteroviruses. The results confirmed the sustainance of polio-myelitis free status in Viet nam.
