| Literature DB >> 21144443 |
G Grard1, J F Drexler, S Lekana-Douki, M Caron, A Lukashev, D Nkoghe, J P Gonzalez, C Drosten, E Leroy.
Abstract
An outbreak of flaccid paralysis syndrome in adults is ongoing in Congo. Molecular analysis of faecal, throat and cerebrospinal samples identified wildtype 1 poliovirus and an additional enterovirus C strain related to enterovirus 109 as the cause. As of 22 November, the cumulative number of cases was 409, of which 169 (41.3%) were fatal. This is one of the largest wild type 1 poliovirus outbreaks ever described associated with an unusually high case fatality rate.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID： 21144443 DOI： 10.2807/ese.15.47.19723-en
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Euro Surveill ISSN： 1025-496X