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Finland Looks for a Mystery Person Spreading Poliovirus
By Helen Branswell
Aug 15 2011, 12:00 PM ET
Scientists believe the virus made its way into Tampere's sewer system via human waste
TAMPERE, Finland--Somewhere in Tampere, Finland, someone is excreting polioviruses. He or she has been doing it there since at least 2008, passing stools laced with polioviruses then flushing them into the sewers of Finland's third largest city.
Known in polio science circles as a long-term excreter, the unidentified individual is likely completely unaware of this quirk of his or her bowel. Merja Roivainen would very much like to find this person...
Finland Looks for a Mystery Person Spreading Poliovirus
By Helen Branswell
Aug 15 2011, 12:00 PM ET
Scientists believe the virus made its way into Tampere's sewer system via human waste
TAMPERE, Finland--Somewhere in Tampere, Finland, someone is excreting polioviruses. He or she has been doing it there since at least 2008, passing stools laced with polioviruses then flushing them into the sewers of Finland's third largest city.
Known in polio science circles as a long-term excreter, the unidentified individual is likely completely unaware of this quirk of his or her bowel. Merja Roivainen would very much like to find this person...