First report of a persistent oropharyngeal infection of type 2 vaccine-derived poliovirus (iVDPV2) in a primary immune deficient (PID) patient after eradication of wild type 2 poliovirus

First report of a persistent oropharyngeal infection of type 2 vaccine-derived poliovirus (iVDPV2) in a primary immune deficient (PID) patient after eradication of wild type 2 poliovirus

This is the first report of persistent oropharyngeal mucosal infection with type 2 poliovirus (iVDPV2) in a primary immune deficient patient (PID) after wild type 2 poliovirus eradication. The iVDPV2 also established persistence in the gut. iVDPV2 at both loci evolved independently. Persistent oral...

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Main Authors: Merav Weil, Galia Rahav, Raz Somech, Tali Stauber, Jacqueline Alfandari, Leah Weiss, Ilana Silberstein, Victoria Indenbaum, Itay Bar Or, Ella Mendelson, Danit Sofer, Lester M. Shulman
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-06-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971219301663

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