First case of vaccine derived poliovirus isolated from a patient with a primary immune deficiency in Sri Lanka

First case of vaccine derived poliovirus isolated from a patient with a primary immune deficiency in Sri Lanka

<p>Persons with primary immune deficiency disorders (PID) exposed to oral polio vaccine (OPV)) are at increased risk of vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis (VAPP)  and prolonged excretion of vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPVs)</p> <p>VDPVs are identified by a genetic diverg...

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Main Authors: S Gunasena, R de Silva, D Ratnayake, C Kumarasiri, J Deshpande
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sri Lankan Society for Microbiology 2014-10-01
Series:Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
poliovirus, vdpv, scid, ivdpv
Online Access:https://sljid.sljol.info/articles/6672

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