Outbreak of Poliomyelitis in Hispaniola Associated with Circulating Type 1 Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus

M. Kew, Olen; Morris‐Glasgow, Victoria; Landaverde, Mauricio; C. Burns, Cara; Shaw, Jing; Garib, Zacarı́as; André, Jean; Blackman, Elizabeth; Jason Freeman, C.; Jorba, Jaume; W. Sutter, Roland; Tambini, Gina; Venczel, Linda; Pedreira, Cristina; Laender, Fernando; Shimizu, Hiroyuki; Yoneyama, Tetsuo; Miyamura, Tatsuo; van der Avoort, Harrie; Steven Oberste, M.; R. Kilpatrick, David; L. Cochi, Stephen; A. Pallansch, Mark; de Quadros, Ciro

doi:10.1126/science.1068284

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Outbreak of Poliomyelitis in Hispaniola Associated with Circulating Type 1 Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus

Published in Science • Apr 12, 2002

Authors:

Olen M. Kew

Victoria Morris‐Glasgow

Mauricio Landaverde

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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Outbreak

Poliovirus

Poliomyelitis

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