Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Infection among Patients with Primary Immunodeficiency and Effect of Patient Screening on Disease Outcomes, Iran

Patients with immunodeficiency-associated vaccine-derived poliovirus (iVDPV) are potential poliovirus reservoirs in the posteradication era that might reintroduce polioviruses into the community. We update the iVDPV registry in Iran by reporting 9 new patients. In addition to national acute flaccid...

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Main Authors: Mohammadreza Shaghaghi, Shohreh Shahmahmoodi, Ali Nili, Hassan Abolhassani, Seyedeh Panid Madani, Ahmad Nejati, Maryam Yousefi, Yaghoob M. Kandelousi, Mona Irannejad, Shiva Shaghaghi, Seyed Mohsen Zahraei, Sussan Mahmoudi, Mohammad Mehdi Gouya, Reza Yazdani, Gholamreza Azizi, Nima Parvaneh, Asghar Aghamohammadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/11/19-0540_article