Outbreak of poliomyelitis in Hispaniola associated with circulating type 1 vaccine-derived poliovirus.

O, Kew; V, Morris-Glasgow; M, Landaverde; C, Burns; J, Shaw; Z, Garib; J, André; E, Blackman; CJ, Freeman; J, Jorba; R, Sutter; G, Tambini; L, Venczel; C, Pedreira; F, Laender; H, Shimizu; T, Yoneyama; T, Miyamura; Der Avoort H, van; MS, Oberste; D, Kilpatrick; S, Cochi; M, Pallansch; Quadros C, de

doi:10.1126/science.1068284

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Outbreak of poliomyelitis in Hispaniola associated with circulating type 1 vaccine-derived poliovirus.

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Kew O

Morris-Glasgow V

Landaverde M

Abstract

An outbreak of paralytic poliomyelitis occurred in the Dominican Republic (13 confirmed cases) and Haiti (8 confirmed cases, including 2 fatal cases) during 2000-2001. All but one of the patients were either unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated children, and cases occurred in communities with ver...

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