Molecular and Phenotypic Characterization of a Highly Evolved Type 2 Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Isolated from Seawater in Brazil, 2014.

A type 2 vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV), differing from the Sabin 2 strain at 8.6% (78/903) of VP1 nucleotide positions, was isolated from seawater collected from a seaport in São Paulo State, Brazil. The P1/capsid region is related to the Sabin 2 strain, but sequences within the 5'-untransl...

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Main Authors: Klécia Marília S de Melo Cassemiro, Fernanda M Burlandy, Mikaela R F Barbosa, Qi Chen, Jaume Jorba, Elayse M Hachich, Maria I Z Sato, Cara C Burns, Edson E da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4809597?pdf=render