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Genomics|Features|Polio

Polio

Polio Eradication & Rare Genetic Diseases - November 26, 2014

New CDC blog post: What is a “rare disease”? Polio eradication and primary immunodeficiency.

CDC paper: Prevalence and morbidity of primary immunodeficiency diseases, United States 2001-2007.
Kobrynski L, Powell RW, Bowen S. J Clin Immunol. 2014 Nov;34(8):954-61.

Possible eradication of wild poliovirus type 3 — worldwide, 2012
Kew OM, et al. MMWR 2014 Nov 14; 63(45);1031-1033.

A world without polio.
Cochi SL, et al. J Infect Dis. (2014) 210 (suppl 1):S1-4.

Vaccine-derived polioviruses.
Cara C. Burns, et al.  J Infect Dis. (2014) 210 (suppl 1): S283-S293.

Poliovirus excretion among persons with primary immune deficiency disorders: summary of a seven-country study series.
Li L, et al. J Infect Dis. 2014 Nov 1;210 Suppl 1:S368-72.

Polio: Eradication & Primary Immunodeficiency - November 6, 2014

Development of an efficient entire capsid-coding region amplification method for direct detection of poliovirus from stool extracts
Arita M, et al. J Clin Microbiol, Oct 22, 2014.

Environmental surveillance for polioviruses in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative
J Infect Dis2014; 210(suppl 1):  S294-S303.

Laboratory challenges in response to silent introduction and sustained transmission of wild poliovirus type 1 in Israel during 2013
J Infect Dis2014; 210(suppl 1):  S304-S314.

Detection of multiple cocirculating wild poliovirus type 1 lineages through environmental surveillance: impact and progress during 2011–2013 in Pakistan
J Infect Dis2014; 210(suppl 1):  S324-S332.

Switch from oral to inactivated poliovirus vaccine in Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia: Summary of coverage, immunity, and environmental surveillance
J Infect Dis2014; 210(suppl 1):  S347-S352.

Achieving and maintaining polio eradication — new strategies
Modlin J, Wenger J. New Engl J Med 2014; 371:1476-1479.

A world without polio
J Infect Dis2014; 210(suppl 1):  S1-S4.

CDC blog post: What's the connection between polio eradication and primary immunodeficiency?