Giuseppe
Emeritus
Type 1 wild poliovirus and putative enterovirus 109 in an outbreak of acute flaccid paralysis in Congo, October-November 2010 (Euro Surveill., abstract, edited)
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: <cite cite="http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19723">Eurosurveillance - View Article</cite>. Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 15, Issue 47, 25 November 2010
Rapid communications
Type 1 wild poliovirus and putative enterovirus 109 in an outbreak of acute flaccid paralysis in Congo, October-November 2010
G Grard 1,2, J F Drexler 2,3, S Lekana-Douki 1,2, M Caron 1, A Lukashev 4, D Nkoghe 1, J P Gonzalez 1, C Drosten 3, E Leroy 1,2,5
1. Centre International de Recherches M?dicales de Franceville (CIRMF, International Centre of Medical Research of Francville), Franceville, Gabon
2. These authors contributed equally to this work
3. Institute of Virology, University of Bonn Medical Centre, Bonn, Germany
4. Chumakov Institute of Poliomyelitis and Viral Encephalitides, Moscow, Russia
5. Institut de Recherche pour le D?veloppement (IRD, Institute of research for development), UMR 224 (MIVEGEC), IRD/CNRS/UM1, Montpellier, France
Citation style for this article: Grard G, Drexler JF, Lekana-Douki S, Caron M, Lukashev A, Nkoghe D, Gonzalez JP, Drosten C, Leroy E. Type 1 wild poliovirus and putative enterovirus 109 in an outbreak of acute flaccid paralysis in Congo, October-November 2010. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(47)
ii=19723. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19723
Date of submission: 11 November 2010
An outbreak of flaccid paralysis syndrome in adults is ongoing in Congo. Molecular analysis of faecal, throat and cerebrospinal samples identified wildtype 1 poliovirus and an additional enterovirus C strain related to enterovirus 109 as the cause. As of 22 November, the cumulative number of cases was 409, of which 169 (41.3%) were fatal. This is one of the largest wild type 1 poliovirus outbreaks ever described associated with an unusually high case fatality rate.
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[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: <cite cite="http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19723">Eurosurveillance - View Article</cite>. Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 15, Issue 47, 25 November 2010
Rapid communications
Type 1 wild poliovirus and putative enterovirus 109 in an outbreak of acute flaccid paralysis in Congo, October-November 2010
G Grard 1,2, J F Drexler 2,3, S Lekana-Douki 1,2, M Caron 1, A Lukashev 4, D Nkoghe 1, J P Gonzalez 1, C Drosten 3, E Leroy 1,2,5
1. Centre International de Recherches M?dicales de Franceville (CIRMF, International Centre of Medical Research of Francville), Franceville, Gabon
2. These authors contributed equally to this work
3. Institute of Virology, University of Bonn Medical Centre, Bonn, Germany
4. Chumakov Institute of Poliomyelitis and Viral Encephalitides, Moscow, Russia
5. Institut de Recherche pour le D?veloppement (IRD, Institute of research for development), UMR 224 (MIVEGEC), IRD/CNRS/UM1, Montpellier, France
Citation style for this article: Grard G, Drexler JF, Lekana-Douki S, Caron M, Lukashev A, Nkoghe D, Gonzalez JP, Drosten C, Leroy E. Type 1 wild poliovirus and putative enterovirus 109 in an outbreak of acute flaccid paralysis in Congo, October-November 2010. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(47)
ii=19723. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19723Date of submission: 11 November 2010
An outbreak of flaccid paralysis syndrome in adults is ongoing in Congo. Molecular analysis of faecal, throat and cerebrospinal samples identified wildtype 1 poliovirus and an additional enterovirus C strain related to enterovirus 109 as the cause. As of 22 November, the cumulative number of cases was 409, of which 169 (41.3%) were fatal. This is one of the largest wild type 1 poliovirus outbreaks ever described associated with an unusually high case fatality rate.
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