African health sciences
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African health sciences · Sep 2012
Sabin and wild type polioviruses from children who presented with acute flaccid paralysis in Nigeria.
Sensitive poliovirus surveillance to detect vaccine-derived-polioviruses will continue to increase in importance. ⋯ This study further confirms the presence of Sabin and wild-type poliovirus among children in Nigeria. The isolation of Sabin strain of poliovirus is advantageous to the polio eradication program as it is capable of inducing natural immunity in susceptible hosts. Transmission of wild-type poliovirus among children with incomplete vaccination poses a serious threat to polio eradication program in Nigeria. Environmental and serological surveillance with larger sample size are important for monitoring poliovirus circulation in Nigeria.