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Macklin GR, O'Reilly KM, Grassly NC, Edmunds WJ, Mach O, Santhana Gopala Krishnan R, Voorman A, Vertefeuille JF, Abdelwahab J, Gumede N, Goel A, Sosler S, Sever J, Bandyopadhyay AS, Pallansch MA, Nandy R, Mkanda P, Diop OM, Sutter RW. Evolving epidemiology of poliovirus serotype 2 following withdrawal of the serotype 2 oral poliovirus vaccine. Science 2020; 368:401-405. [PMID: 32193361 PMCID: PMC10805349 DOI: 10.1126/science.aba1238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Although there have been no cases of serotype 2 wild poliovirus for more than 20 years, transmission of serotype 2 vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV2) and associated paralytic cases in several continents represent a threat to eradication. The withdrawal of the serotype 2 component of oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV2) was implemented in April 2016 to stop VDPV2 emergence and secure eradication of all serotype 2 poliovirus. Globally, children born after this date have limited immunity to prevent transmission. Using a statistical model, we estimated the emergence date and source of VDPV2s detected between May 2016 and November 2019. Outbreak response campaigns with monovalent OPV2 are the only available method to induce immunity to prevent transmission. Yet our analysis shows that using monovalent OPV2 is generating more paralytic VDPV2 outbreaks with the potential for establishing endemic transmission. A novel OPV2, for which two candidates are currently in clinical trials, is urgently required, together with a contingency strategy if this vaccine does not materialize or perform as anticipated.
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- G R Macklin
- Centre of Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
- Polio Eradication, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Centre of Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Centre of Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Polio Eradication, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, USA
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- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), New York, NY, USA
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- Regional Office for Africa, World Health Organization, Brazzaville, Congo
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- Polio Eradication, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Gavi (the Vaccine Alliance), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Rotary International, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, USA
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- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), New York, NY, USA
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- Regional Office for Africa, World Health Organization, Brazzaville, Congo
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- Polio Eradication, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Polio Eradication, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, USA
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Kalkowska DA, Pallansch MA, Thompson KM. Updated modelling of the prevalence of immunodeficiency-associated long-term vaccine-derived poliovirus (iVDPV) excreters. Epidemiol Infect 2019; 147:e295. [PMID: 31647050 PMCID: PMC6813650 DOI: 10.1017/s095026881900181x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Revised: 08/16/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Conditions and evidence continue to evolve related to the prediction of the prevalence of immunodeficiency-associated long-term vaccine-derived poliovirus (iVDPV) excreters, which affect assumptions related to forecasting risks and evaluating potential risk management options. Multiple recent reviews provided information about individual iVDPV excreters, but inconsistencies among the reviews raise some challenges. This analysis revisits the available evidence related to iVDPV excreters and provides updated model estimates that can support future risk management decisions. The results suggest that the prevalence of iVDPV excreters remains highly uncertain and variable, but generally confirms the importance of managing the risks associated with iVDPV excreters throughout the polio endgame in the context of successful cessation of all oral poliovirus vaccine use.
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- Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Zell R, Delwart E, Gorbalenya AE, Hovi T, King AMQ, Knowles NJ, Lindberg AM, Pallansch MA, Palmenberg AC, Reuter G, Simmonds P, Skern T, Stanway G, Yamashita T, Ictv Report Consortium. ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Picornaviridae. J Gen Virol 2017; 98:2421-2422. [PMID: 28884666 PMCID: PMC5725991 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.000911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 318] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The family Picornaviridae comprises small non-enveloped viruses with RNA genomes of 6.7 to 10.1 kb, and contains >30 genera and >75 species. Most of the known picornaviruses infect mammals and birds, but some have also been detected in reptiles, amphibians and fish. Many picornaviruses are important human and veterinary pathogens and may cause diseases of the central nervous system, heart, liver, skin, gastrointestinal tract or upper respiratory tract. Most picornaviruses are transmitted by the faecal–oral or respiratory routes. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the taxonomy of the Picornaviridae, which is available at www.ictv.global/report/picornaviridae.
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- R Zell
- Department of Virology and Antiviral Therapy, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Blood System Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland
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- The Pirbright Institute, Woking, Surrey, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden
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- Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute for Molecular Virology, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Health and Nutrition, Shubun University, Aichi, Japan
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Habib MA, Soofi S, Sheraz A, Bhatti ZS, Okayasu H, Zaidi SZ, Molodecky NA, Pallansch MA, Sutter RW, Bhutta ZA. Zinc supplementation fails to increase the immunogenicity of oral poliovirus vaccine: a randomized controlled trial. Vaccine 2014; 33:819-25. [PMID: 25500307 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2013] [Revised: 10/25/2014] [Accepted: 12/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Polio eradication remains a challenge in Pakistan and the causes for the failure to eradicate poliomyelitis are complex. Undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies, especially zinc deficiency, are major public health problems in Pakistan and could potentially affect the response to enteric vaccines, including oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV). OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of zinc supplementation among infants on immune response to oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV). METHODS A double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled trial was conducted in newborns (aged 0-14 days). Subjects were assigned to either receive 10mg of zinc or placebo supplementation daily for 18 weeks. Both groups received OPV doses at birth, at 6 weeks, 10 weeks and 14 weeks. Data was collected on prior immunization status, diarrheal episodes, breastfeeding practices and anthropometric measurements at recruitment and at 6 and 18 weeks. Blood samples were similarly collected to determine the antibody response to OPV and for micronutrient analysis. Logistic regression was used to determine the relationship between seroconversion and zinc status. RESULTS Overall, 404 subjects were recruited. At recruitment, seropositivity was already high for poliovirus (PV) serotype 1 (zinc: 91.1%; control: 90.5%) and PV2 (90.0%; 92.7%), with lower estimates for PV3 (70.0%; 64.8%). By week 18, the proportion of subjects with measured zinc levels in the normal range (i.e. ≥60 μg/dL) was significantly greater in the intervention group compared to the control group (71.9%; 27.4%; p<0.001). No significant difference in seroconversion was demonstrated between the groups for PV1, PV2, or PV3. CONCLUSIONS There was no effect of zinc supplementation on OPV immunogenicity. These conclusions were confirmed when restricting the analysis to those with measured higher zinc levels.
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- M A Habib
- Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- WHO, Headquarters, 20 Avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
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- National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, Pakistan
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- WHO, Headquarters, 20 Avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, USA
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- WHO, Headquarters, 20 Avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
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Chandir S, Ahamed KU, Baqui AH, Sutter RW, Okayasu H, Pallansch MA, Oberste MS, Moulton LH, Halsey NA. Effect of Buffer on the Immune Response to Trivalent Oral Poliovirus Vaccine in Bangladesh: A Community Based Randomized Controlled Trial. J Infect Dis 2014; 210 Suppl 1:S390-7. [DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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McKinlay MA, Collett MS, Hincks JR, Oberste MS, Pallansch MA, Okayasu H, Sutter RW, Modlin JF, Dowdle WR. Progress in the Development of Poliovirus Antiviral Agents and Their Essential Role in Reducing Risks That Threaten Eradication. J Infect Dis 2014; 210 Suppl 1:S447-53. [DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Oberste MS, Maher K, Patterson MA, Pallansch MA. The complete genome sequence for an American isolate of enterovirus 77. Arch Virol 2007; 152:1587-91. [PMID: 17497234 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-007-0978-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2007] [Accepted: 03/26/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- M S Oberste
- Polio and Picornavirus Laboratory Branch, Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
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Nix WA, Berger MM, Oberste MS, Brooks BR, McKenna-Yasek DM, Brown RH, Roos RP, Pallansch MA. Failure to detect enterovirus in the spinal cord of ALS patients using a sensitive RT-PCR method. Neurology 2004; 62:1372-7. [PMID: 15111676 DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000123258.86752.51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To assess the association of enteroviruses (EV) with ALS by applying a sensitive seminested reverse transcription (RT) PCR protocol to the detection of enteroviral RNA in a blinded set of archived tissues from ALS and control cases. METHODS The specimen set consisted of 24 frozen spinal cord samples from ALS cases, 17 frozen spinal cord samples from negative control (non-ALS) cases, and 5 frozen spinal cord positive control samples. The positive controls were two human spinal cord samples spiked with poliovirus (PV) and three spinal cords from PV-infected transgenic mice. A sensitive, EV-specific, seminested RT-PCR assay was used to detect EV genome in RNA extracted from the specimens and controls. RESULTS The assay detected EV RNA in a 10(-5) dilution of infected mouse tissue. EV RNA was not detected in the ALS specimens or in specimens from control cases, despite the presence of amplifiable RNA as assessed by amplification with control primers, whereas all of the positive control specimens yielded the expected PV amplification product. CONCLUSION The reported association between EV infection and ALS was not confirmed by testing this set of specimens with these sensitive methods.
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- W A Nix
- Respiratory and Enteric Viruses Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
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Ghazali O, Chua KB, Ng KP, Hooi PS, Pallansch MA, Oberste MS, Chua KH, Mak JW. An outbreak of acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis in Melaka, Malaysia. Singapore Med J 2004; 44:511-6. [PMID: 15024454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/28/2022]
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This paper reports a second outbreak of acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis due to coxsackievirus A24 in peninsular Malaysia. Between June 2002 and early October 2003, 10,327 patients, comprising 3,261 children and 7,066 adults, were treated for acute conjunctivitis in 11 government health clinics in the Melaka Tengah district of the state of Melaka. The figure grossly underestimates the size of the outbreak; as no patients treated in private clinics in the same district were included. Institution and household surveillance showed that the commonest presenting clinical feature of the illness was eye-discharge (91.2%), followed by foreign body sensation (81.8%), pain (78.3%) and subconjunctival haemorrhage (74.4%). The mean duration of illness was 6.5 and five days for patients with and without subconjunctival haemorrhage respectively.
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- O Ghazali
- Pejabat Kesihatan Daerah, Melaka Tengah, Melaka 75150, Malaysia.
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Más Lago P, Cáceres VM, Galindo MA, Gary HE, Valcarcel M, Barrios J, Sarmiento L, Avalos I, Bravo JA, Palomera R, Bello M, Sutter RW, Pallansch MA, de Quadros CA. Persistence of vaccine-derived poliovirus following a mass vaccination campaign in Cuba: implications for stopping polio vaccination after global eradication. Int J Epidemiol 2001; 30:1029-34. [PMID: 11689516 DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.5.1029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND With substantial progress made toward polio eradication, developing the appropriate strategy for discontinuing global oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) after global eradication becomes increasingly important. At issue is the theoretical risk of independent circulation of potentially virulent OPV-derived strains. Because Cuba uses OPV only in mass campaigns, it represents an ideal site to assess vaccine-derived poliovirus persistence. METHODS Infants born after the 1997 biannual mass campaigns were evaluated for past (neutralizing antibody) or current (virus excretion) evidence of vaccine-derived poliovirus exposure. We obtained sera and/or stool specimens from 861 infants; a second serum from 218 infants. RESULTS All stool specimens were poliovirus negative. Of 762 infants, 113 (14.8%) had initially detectable poliovirus type 1 antibody, 193 (25.3%) type 2, and 94 (12.3%) type 3. A precipitous antibody decline occurred in initially positive sera. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that in a country with high population immunity, vaccine-derived virus is unlikely to establish ongoing circulation.
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- P Más Lago
- Pedro Kouri Institute for Tropical Medicine, Havana, Cuba.
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Kilpatrick DR, Quay J, Pallansch MA, Oberste MS. Type-specific detection of echovirus 30 isolates using degenerate reverse transcriptase PCR primers. J Clin Microbiol 2001; 39:1299-302. [PMID: 11283045 PMCID: PMC87928 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.39.4.1299-1302.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2000] [Accepted: 01/22/2001] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Following an approach used to specifically identify polioviruses and enterovirus 71, we have developed reverse transcriptase (RT) PCR primers containing mixed-base residues or deoxyinosine at positions of codon degeneracy. These primers permit specific RT-PCR amplification of echovirus 30 (E30) sequences by targeting sites that encode conserved amino acid motifs within the major capsid protein, VP1. All 221 E30 strains tested, isolated in 16 countries over a 44-year period, yielded the predicted 158-bp PCR product. No specific products were obtained by PCR assays containing templates from any of the other 63 EV serotypes. Inosine-containing degenerate primers may be widely applicable to the identification of echovirus serotypes by PCR.
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- D R Kilpatrick
- Respiratory and Enteric Viruses Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.
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Shieh WJ, Jung SM, Hsueh C, Kuo TT, Mounts A, Parashar U, Yang CF, Guarner J, Ksiazek TG, Dawson J, Goldsmith C, Chang GJ, Oberste SM, Pallansch MA, Anderson LJ, Zaki SR. Pathologic studies of fatal cases in outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease, Taiwan. Emerg Infect Dis 2001; 7:146-8. [PMID: 11266307 PMCID: PMC2631691 DOI: 10.3201/eid0701.700146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In 1998, an outbreak of enterovirus 71-associated hand, foot, and mouth disease occurred in Taiwan. Pathologic studies of two fatal cases with similar clinical features revealed two different causative agents, emphasizing the need for postmortem examinations and modern pathologic techniques in an outbreak investigation.
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- W J Shieh
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Mail Stop G32, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
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Liu HM, Zheng DP, Zhang LB, Oberste MS, Pallansch MA, Kew OM. Molecular evolution of a type 1 wild-vaccine poliovirus recombinant during widespread circulation in China. J Virol 2000; 74:11153-61. [PMID: 11070012 PMCID: PMC113202 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.74.23.11153-11161.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Type 1 wild-vaccine recombinant polioviruses were isolated from poliomyelitis patients in China from 1991 to 1993. We compared the sequences of 34 recombinant isolates over the 1,353-nucleotide (nt) genomic interval (nt 2480 to 3832) encoding the major capsid protein, VP1, and the protease, 2A. All recombinants had a 367-nt block of sequence (nt 3271 to 3637) derived from the Sabin 1 oral poliovirus vaccine strain spanning the 3'-terminal sequences of VP1 (115 nt) and the 5' half of 2A (252 nt). The remaining VP1 sequences were closely (up to 99.5%) related to those of a major genotype of wild type 1 poliovirus endemic to China up to 1994. In contrast, the non-vaccine-derived sequences at the 3' half of 2A were more distantly related (<90% nucleotide sequence match) to those of other contemporary wild polioviruses from China. The vaccine-derived sequences of the earliest (April 1991) isolates completely matched those of Sabin 1. Later isolates diverged from the early isolates primarily by accumulation of synonymous base substitutions (at a rate of approximately 3.7 x 10(-2) substitutions per synonymous site per year) over the entire VP1-2A interval. Distinct evolutionary lineages were found in different Chinese provinces. From the combined epidemiologic and evolutionary analyses, we propose that the recombinant virus arose during mixed infection of a single individual in northern China in early 1991 and that its progeny spread by multiple independent chains of transmission into some of the most populous areas of China within a year of the initiating infection.
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- H M Liu
- Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.
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BACKGROUND The immunogenicity of oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV), particularly the type 3 component, is lower in infants in most developing countries than in infants in industrialized countries. We conducted a multicenter trial in Oman to evaluate the response to a supplemental dose of four poliovirus vaccine formulations. METHODS At nine months of age, infants were randomly assigned to receive inactivated-poliovirus vaccine (IPV), administered subcutaneously; trivalent OPV manufactured in the United States or in Europe; or monovalent type 3 OPV. Serum samples were collected at enrollment and 7 and 30 days later. All of the infants had previously received five doses of OPV. RESULTS We enrolled 1025 infants; 785 (76.6 percent) met all the study requirements. At enrollment, 96.8 percent of the infants were seropositive for poliovirus type 1, 98.0 percent for type 2, and 88.0 percent for type 3. At 30 days there were no significant increases in type 3 seroprevalence or in the median antibody titer in the groups of infants who received OPV. Among the recipients of IPV, type 3 seroprevalence increased from 87.8 percent at enrollment to 97.1 percent at 30 days (P<0.001), and the median antibody titer increased from 1:228 to 1:1448 or higher (P<0.001). The rapid initial increase in the antibody titer suggests a secondary immune response. CONCLUSIONS A supplemental dose of IPV has excellent immunogenicity and leads to increases in the titer of antibodies against type 3 poliovirus, whereas supplemental doses of the oral vaccines do not have these effects.
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- R W Sutter
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
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Chan LG, Parashar UD, Lye MS, Ong FG, Zaki SR, Alexander JP, Ho KK, Han LL, Pallansch MA, Suleiman AB, Jegathesan M, Anderson LJ. Deaths of children during an outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease in sarawak, malaysia: clinical and pathological characteristics of the disease. For the Outbreak Study Group. Clin Infect Dis 2000; 31:678-83. [PMID: 11017815 DOI: 10.1086/314032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 409] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/1999] [Revised: 02/07/2000] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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From April through June 1997, 29 previously healthy children aged <6 years (median, 1.5 years) in Sarawak, Malaysia, died of rapidly progressive cardiorespiratory failure during an outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease caused primarily by enterovirus 71 (EV71). The case children were hospitalized after a short illness (median duration, 2 days) that usually included fever (in 100% of case children), oral ulcers (66%), and extremity rashes (62%). The illness rapidly progressed to include seizures (28%), flaccid limb weakness (17%), or cardiopulmonary symptoms (of 24 children, 17 had chest radiographs showing pulmonary edema, and 24 had echocardiograms showing left ventricular dysfunction), resulting in cardiopulmonary arrest soon after hospitalization (median time, 9 h). Cardiac tissue from 10 patients showed normal myocardium, but central nervous system tissue from 5 patients showed inflammatory changes. Brain-stem specimens from 2 patients were available, and both specimens showed extensive neuronal degeneration, inflammation, and necrosis, suggesting that a central nervous system infection was responsible for the disease, with the cardiopulmonary dysfunction being neurogenic in origin. EV71 and possibly an adenovirus, other enteroviruses, or unknown cofactors are likely responsible for this rapidly fatal disease.
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- L G Chan
- Department of Pediatrics, Sarawak General Hospital, Sarawak, Malaysia
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BACKGROUND Enterovirus 71 and coxsackievirus A16 are closely related genetically and are causative agents of hand foot and mouth disease. Because enterovirus 71 is more often associated with severe neurological disease, there is a need to rapidly discriminate between enterovirus 71 and coxsackievirus A16 during hand, foot, and mouth disease outbreaks. OBJECTIVES Our goal was to develop and evaluate a serotype-specific reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT/PCR)-based typing method for enterovirus 71. STUDY DESIGN Two sets of PCR primers were designed to match conserved amino acid intervals of enterovirus 71. One diagnostic primer pair contains deoxyinosine at sites of 4-fold codon degeneracy. A second primer pair was designed for use in sequencing and molecular epidemiology studies. Primer pairs were tested on strains encountered in routine diagnostic samples. RESULTS Using both sets of primers on a panel of 61 prototype enteroviral strains, both primer pairs gave strong positive signals for only enterovirus 71. These primers amplified all enterovirus 71 isolates tested and discriminated between enterovirus 71 and the most closely related enterovirus, coxsackievirus A16. CONCLUSIONS Our RT-PCR assay can be used for specific identification of enterovirus 71 clinical isolates. Furthermore, the 484-bp product of one primer pair has proven useful in sequencing studies to identify distinct genotypes of enterovirus 71.
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- B A Brown
- Respiratory and Enteric Viruses Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
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Oberste MS, Maher K, Flemister MR, Marchetti G, Kilpatrick DR, Pallansch MA. Comparison of classic and molecular approaches for the identification of untypeable enteroviruses. J Clin Microbiol 2000; 38:1170-4. [PMID: 10699015 PMCID: PMC86366 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.3.1170-1174.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 272] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Members of the family Picornaviridae are the most common viruses infecting humans, and species in several genera also infect a wide variety of other mammals. Picornaviruses have traditionally been classified by antigenic type, based on a serum neutralization assay. However, this method is time-consuming and labor-intensive, is sensitive to virus aggregation and antigenic variation, and requires a large number of antisera to identify all serotypes, even when antiserum pools are used. We developed generic reverse transcription (RT)-PCR primers that will amplify all human enterovirus serotypes, as well as many rhinoviruses and other picornaviruses, and used RT-PCR amplification of the VP1 gene and amplicon sequencing to identify enteroviruses that were refractory to typing by neutralization with pooled antisera. Enterovirus serotypes determined by sequencing were confirmed by neutralization with monospecific antisera. Of 55 isolates tested, 49 were of known enterovirus serotypes, two were rhinoviruses, and four were clearly picornaviruses but did not match any known picornavirus sequence. All four untyped picornaviruses were closely related to one another in sequence, suggesting that they are of the same serotype. RT-PCR, coupled with amplicon sequencing, is a simple and rapid method for the typing and classification of picornaviruses and may lead to the identification of many new picornavirus serotypes.
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- M S Oberste
- Respiratory and Enteric Viruses Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.
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Brown BA, Oberste MS, Alexander JP, Kennett ML, Pallansch MA. Molecular epidemiology and evolution of enterovirus 71 strains isolated from 1970 to 1998. J Virol 1999; 73:9969-75. [PMID: 10559310 PMCID: PMC113047 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.12.9969-9975.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 350] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/1999] [Accepted: 09/02/1999] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Enterovirus 71 (EV71) (genus Enterovirus, family Picornaviridae), a common cause of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD), may also cause severe neurological diseases, such as encephalitis and poliomyelitis-like paralysis. To examine the genetic diversity and rate of evolution of EV71, we have determined and analyzed complete VP1 sequences (891 nucleotides) for 113 EV71 strains isolated in the United States and five other countries from 1970 to 1998. Nucleotide sequence comparisons demonstrated three distinct EV71 genotypes, designated A, B, and C. The genetic variation within genotypes (12% or fewer nucleotide differences) was less than the variation between genotypes (16.5 to 19.7%). Strains of all three genotypes were at least 94% identical to one another in deduced amino acid sequence. The EV71 prototype strain, BrCr-CA-70, isolated in California in 1970, is the sole member of genotype A. Strains isolated in the United States and Australia during the period from 1972 to 1988, a 1994 Colombian isolate, and isolates from a large HFMD outbreak in Malaysia in 1997 are all members of genotype B. Although strains of genotype B continue to circulate in other parts of the world, none have been isolated in the United States since 1988. Genotype C contains strains isolated in 1985 or later in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the Republic of China. The annual rate of evolution within both the B and C genotypes was estimated to be approximately 1.35 x 10(-2) substitutions per nucleotide and is similar to the rate observed for poliovirus. The results indicate that EV71 is a genetically diverse, rapidly evolving virus. Its worldwide circulation and potential to cause severe disease underscore the need for additional surveillance and improved methods to identify EV71 in human disease.
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- B A Brown
- Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.
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Oberste MS, Maher K, Kennett ML, Campbell JJ, Carpenter MS, Schnurr D, Pallansch MA. Molecular epidemiology and genetic diversity of echovirus type 30 (E30): genotypes correlate with temporal dynamics of E30 isolation. J Clin Microbiol 1999; 37:3928-33. [PMID: 10565909 PMCID: PMC85848 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.12.3928-3933.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/1999] [Accepted: 09/16/1999] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Echovirus type 30 (E30) (genus, Enterovirus; family, Picornaviridae) has caused large outbreaks of aseptic meningitis in many regions of the world in the last 40 years. U.S. enterovirus surveillance data for the period 1961 to 1998 indicated that the annual proportion of E30 isolations relative to total enterovirus isolations has fluctuated widely, from a low of 0% in 1966 to a high of 42% in 1998. Peaks of E30 isolations occurred in the years 1968 to 1969, 1981 to 1984, 1990 to 1993, and 1997 to 1998, coincident with large nationwide outbreaks of E30-associated aseptic meningitis. Analysis of the complete VP1 sequence (876 nucleotides) of 136 E30 strains isolated in geographically dispersed regions of the United States and nine other countries between 1956 and 1998 indicated that the currently circulating E30 strains are genetically distinct from those isolated 30 to 40 years ago. Phylogenetic reconstruction demonstrated the existence of at least four distinct genetic groups, three of which have not been isolated in North America since 1981. Two of the three groups disappeared during periods when E30 was isolated infrequently. All North American E30 strains isolated after 1988 were closely related to one another, and all post-1993 isolates were of the same lineage within this group. Surveillance data indicate that E30 causes large national outbreaks of 2- to 4-year durations, separated by periods of relative quiescence. Our results show that shifts in the overall genetic diversity of E30 and the predominant genetic type correlate temporally with the dynamics of E30 isolation. The sequence data also provide a basis for the application of molecular techniques for future epidemiologic investigations of E30 disease.
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- M S Oberste
- Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) methods are available for the rapid detection of enteroviruses in clinical specimens or virus isolates. Pan-enterovirus PCR primers, however, fail to amplify echovirus (E) type 22 or 23 because of their extreme sequence divergence from the other enteroviruses. We have developed an RT-PCR method to detect specifically E22 and E23 RNA directly in tissue culture supernatants without a viral RNA purification step. The E22/E23 primers successfully amplified 20 of 20 clinical isolates of E22 and 4 of 4 E23 isolates representing viruses isolated in 15 states over a 19-year period, as well as E22 and E23 prototype strains isolated in the 1950s. The primers did not amplify any of the other 64 enterovirus prototype strains.
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- M S Oberste
- Respiratory and Enteric Viruses Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.
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Human enteroviruses (family Picornaviridae) are the major cause of aseptic meningitis and also cause a wide range of other acute illnesses, including neonatal sepsis-like disease, acute flaccid paralysis, and acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis. The neutralization assay is usually used for enterovirus typing, but it is labor-intensive and time-consuming and standardized antisera are in limited supply. We have developed a molecular typing system based on reverse transcription-PCR and nucleotide sequencing of the 3' half of the genomic region encoding VP1. The standard PCR primers amplify approximately 450 bp of VP1 for most known human enterovirus serotypes. The serotype of an "unknown" may be inferred by comparison of the partial VP1 sequence to those in a database containing VP1 sequences for the prototype strains of all 66 human enterovirus serotypes. Fifty-one clinical isolates of known serotypes from the years 1991 to 1998 were amplified and sequenced, and the antigenic and molecular typing results agreed for all isolates. With one exception, the nucleotide sequences of homologous strains were at least 75% identical to one another (>88% amino acid identity). Strains with homologous serotypes were easily discriminated from those with heterologous serotypes by using these criteria for identification. This method can greatly reduce the time required to type an enterovirus isolate and can be used to type isolates that are difficult or impossible to type with standard immunological reagents. The technique may also be useful for the rapid determination of whether viruses isolated during an outbreak are epidemiologically related.
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- M S Oberste
- Respiratory and Enteric Viruses Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.
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Oberste MS, Maher K, Kilpatrick DR, Pallansch MA. Molecular evolution of the human enteroviruses: correlation of serotype with VP1 sequence and application to picornavirus classification. J Virol 1999; 73:1941-8. [PMID: 9971773 PMCID: PMC104435 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.3.1941-1948.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 655] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/1998] [Accepted: 11/30/1998] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Sixty-six human enterovirus serotypes have been identified by serum neutralization, but the molecular determinants of the serotypes are unknown. Since the picornavirus VP1 protein contains a number of neutralization domains, we hypothesized that the VP1 sequence should correspond with neutralization (serotype) and, hence, with phylogenetic lineage. To test this hypothesis and to analyze the phylogenetic relationships among the human enteroviruses, we determined the complete VP1 sequences of the prototype strains of 47 human enterovirus serotypes and 10 antigenic variants. Our sequences, together with those available from GenBank, comprise a database of complete VP1 sequences for all 66 human enterovirus serotypes plus additional strains of seven serotypes. Phylogenetic trees constructed from complete VP1 sequences produced the same four major clusters as published trees based on partial VP2 sequences; in contrast to the VP2 trees, however, in the VP1 trees strains of the same serotype were always monophyletic. In pairwise comparisons of complete VP1 sequences, enteroviruses of the same serotype were clearly distinguished from those of heterologous serotypes, and the limits of intraserotypic divergence appeared to be about 25% nucleotide sequence difference or 12% amino acid sequence difference. Pairwise comparisons suggested that coxsackie A11 and A15 viruses should be classified as strains of the same serotype, as should coxsackie A13 and A18 viruses. Pairwise identity scores also distinguished between enteroviruses of different clusters and enteroviruses from picornaviruses of different genera. The data suggest that VP1 sequence comparisons may be valuable in enterovirus typing and in picornavirus taxonomy by assisting in the genus assignment of unclassified picornaviruses.
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- M S Oberste
- Respiratory and Enteric Viruses Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
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Oberste MS, Maher K, Pallansch MA. Molecular phylogeny of all human enterovirus serotypes based on comparison of sequences at the 5' end of the region encoding VP2. Virus Res 1998; 58:35-43. [PMID: 9879760 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1702(98)00101-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Sixty-six human enterovirus serotypes have been described using antibody neutralization, with antigenic variants defined within several serotypes. Despite the availability of sequence data for numerous enteroviruses, the molecular basis of serotype is unknown. Previous studies by others have identified four major phylogenetic groups within the human enteroviruses, but there has been no complete database of homologous sequences for all human enterovirus serotypes. We have determined the homologous partial VP2 sequences for the 12 prototype strains for which VP2 sequence was unavailable and for eight well-characterized antigenic variants. Phylogenetic analysis of all prototype strains produced four major groups, consistent with published enterovirus phylogenies. Many antigenic variants, however, failed to cluster with their respective prototype strains, suggesting that this portion of VP2 may be inappropriate for consistent molecular inference of serotype and for detailed study of enterovirus evolution.
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- M S Oberste
- Respiratory and Enteric Viruses Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
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Kew OM, Sutter RW, Nottay BK, McDonough MJ, Prevots DR, Quick L, Pallansch MA. Prolonged replication of a type 1 vaccine-derived poliovirus in an immunodeficient patient. J Clin Microbiol 1998; 36:2893-9. [PMID: 9738040 PMCID: PMC105084 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.10.2893-2899.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/1998] [Accepted: 06/26/1998] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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VP1 sequences were determined for poliovirus type 1 isolates obtained over a 189-day period from a poliomyelitis patient with common variable immunodeficiency syndrome (a defect in antibody formation). The isolate from the first sample, taken 11 days after onset of paralysis, contained two poliovirus populations, differing from the Sabin 1 vaccine strain by approximately 10%, differing from diverse type 1 wild polioviruses by 19 to 24%, and differing from each other by 5.5% of nucleotides. Specimens taken after day 11 appeared to contain only one major poliovirus population. Evolution of VP1 sequences at synonymous third-codon positions occurred at an overall rate of approximately 3.4% per year over the 189-day period. Assuming this rate to be constant throughout the period of infection, the infection was calculated to have started approximately 9.3 years earlier. This estimate is about the time (6. 9 years earlier) the patient received his last oral poliovirus vaccine dose, approximately 2 years before the diagnosis of immunodeficiency. These findings may have important implications for the strategy to eliminate poliovirus immunization after global polio eradication.
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- O M Kew
- Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.
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To define the relationship between echovirus 23 (E23) and other human enteroviruses, we have determined the complete nucleotide sequence of a strain of E23 isolated from a child with high fever in Connecticut in 1986 and compared the nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences with those of other enteroviruses representing each of the major enterovirus phylogenetic groups, poliovirus type 1, coxsackievirus A16, coxsackievirus B3, echovirus 22 (E22), and enterovirus 70. The genome of E23 (strain CT86-6760) was 7352 nucleotides in length, exclusive of the poly(A) tail, and the genome organization was typical of the picornaviruses. The nucleotide sequence and deduced amino acid sequences were most related to those of E22, a virus with which E23 shares many biological properties, and was quite divergent from the sequences of other enteroviruses (< 20% average amino sequence identity). These data lend further support to the suggestion that E22 and E23 are distinct from members of the Enterovirus genus and that they should be reclassified in a separate genus within the Picornaviridae.
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- M S Oberste
- Respiratory and Enteric Viruses Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
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Pachman LM, Hayford JR, Chung A, Daugherty CA, Pallansch MA, Fink CW, Gewanter HL, Jerath R, Lang BA, Sinacore J, Szer IS, Dyer AR, Hochberg MC. Juvenile dermatomyositis at diagnosis: clinical characteristics of 79 children. J Rheumatol 1998; 25:1198-204. [PMID: 9632086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate demographic and clinical characteristics, duration of time between disease onset (date of first rash and/or weakness), and diagnosis/therapy, as well as socioeconomic status, of children with newly diagnosed juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM). METHODS Structured telephone interview of families of a cohort of 79 children with JDM: interval between onset of symptoms to diagnosis, median of 3 months (range 0.5-20.0). RESULTS At diagnosis, all the children had rash (100%) and proximal muscle weakness (100%); 58 (73%) had muscle pain; 51 (65%) fever; 35 (44%) dysphagia; 34 (43%) hoarseness; 29 (37%) abdominal pain; 28 (35%) arthritis; 18 (23%) calcinosis, and 10 (13%) melena. Muscle derived enzymes were normal in 10% of the children. Of the 43 children who had an electromyogram (EMG), 8 (19%) had normal results. Fifty-one children had a muscle biopsy; the results were normal/nondiagnostic in 10 (20%). Median time from disease onset to diagnosis was different between racial groups: Caucasians (n=59) 2.0 months: for minorities (n=20), 6.5 months, (p=0.0008). The median time from disease onset to therapy was: Caucasians. 3.0 months; minorities, 7.2 months (p=0.002). Report of calcinosis was associated with increased time to diagnosis and therapy (p=0.04). In the 33 children whose first symptom occurred in June-September, rash preceded or accompanied onset of muscle weakness in 83% (n=27). Ninety-one percent of the children were given steroid therapy and 9% received methotrexate as well. CONCLUSION The results of an undirected site for muscle biopsy or EMG may not be diagnostic. Minority children had a longer interval between first JDM symptom and diagnosis/therapy than Caucasian children. Delay in diagnosis/therapy was associated with calcinosis.
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- L M Pachman
- Division of Immunology, Children's Memorial Hospital/Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60614, USA.
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- M A Pallansch
- Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
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Pachman LM, Hayford JR, Hochberg MC, Pallansch MA, Chung A, Daugherty CD, Athreya BH, Bowyer SL, Fink CW, Gewanter HL, Jerath R, Lang BA, Szer IS, Sinacore J, Christensen ML, Dyer AR. New-onset juvenile dermatomyositis: comparisons with a healthy cohort and children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 1997; 40:1526-33. [PMID: 9259435 DOI: 10.1002/art.1780400822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine, in a case-control study, if patients with new-onset juvenile dermatomyositis (juvenile DM) have increased symptoms prior to onset, exposure to certain environmental conditions, frequency of familial autoimmune diseases, or antibody titers, compared with 2 control groups. METHODS A structured interview with the families of 80 children with juvenile DM, 40 children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), or 23 healthy children, from the same geographic area as the children with juvenile DM, was conducted. All children's sera were tested for antibody to Toxoplasma gondii, herpes simplex virus (HSV), or coxsackievirus B (CVB). RESULTS A high proportion of children with juvenile DM had constitutional symptoms 3 months before the disease-onset date (P = 0.013 versus control children). Children with JRA had more relatives with rheumatoid arthritis (P = 0.0001) and pernicious anemia (P = 0.003) than did children with juvenile DM or healthy children. Among children < or =7 years of age, elevated enteroviral titers were more frequent in those with juvenile DM (81%) and in healthy controls (90%) than in those with JRA (64%), suggesting a common environmental exposure. Titers to T gondii, HSV, or CVB 1-6 were normal. CONCLUSION Frequencies of familial autoimmune disease, exposure to environmental factors, or elevated antibody titers to T gondii, HSV, or CVB are not increased in juvenile DM. Children with juvenile DM do have symptoms of illness 3 months before the disease-onset date, and young patients have elevated enteroviral titers, as do young geographic controls.
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- L M Pachman
- Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60614, USA
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Chapman NM, Romero JR, Pallansch MA, Tracy S. Sites other than nucleotide 234 determine cardiovirulence in natural isolates of coxsackievirus B3. J Med Virol 1997; 52:258-61. [PMID: 9210033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The genetic site(s) that naturally determine the cardiovirulence phenotype of coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3) have yet to be mapped. Using two closely related CVB3 strains that differed in terms of cardiovirulence phenotype in mice, we previously reported the difference in phenotype mapped to a single site, nucleotide 234 (nt234) in the 5' non-translated region (NTR) of the CVB3 genome. When nt234 was C, the virus was attenuated and when U, the virus was cardiovirulent. To determine whether this finding was applicable to other strains of CVB3, we examined 13 different naturally occurring CVB3 strains isolated in different years in the United States. We determined that only two isolates induced severe inflammatory heart muscle disease in C3H/HeJ male mice. Using PCR products as sequencing templates, we determined the 5' NTR sequence from each viral genome. Alignment of these sequences and other published CVB3 5' NTR sequences suggests as many as four separate lineages, with commonly used laboratory strains clustering closely in one branch. An examination of the sequences showed that regardless of cardiovirulence phenotype, nt234 was invariably uridine. Thus, the previously reported cytidine at nt234 is most likely the result of a rare mutation and is not a naturally occurring variation and other sites must account for the variance in virulence seen in natural isolates of CVB3.
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- N M Chapman
- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha 68198, USA
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Alexander JP, Gary HE, Pallansch MA. Duration of poliovirus excretion and its implications for acute flaccid paralysis surveillance: a review of the literature. J Infect Dis 1997; 175 Suppl 1:S176-82. [PMID: 9203713 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/175.supplement_1.s176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Timely investigation of children with acute flaccid paralysis, with collection of stool specimens for virus isolation, is the primary strategy used to detect wild poliovirus circulation. To determine the optimal timing of stool specimen collection, studies of wild and vaccine poliovirus excretion published between 1935 and 1995 were reviewed. Data were compiled from comparable studies, scatter plots of the data were created, and third-order regression lines were calculated. The data indicated that wild polioviruses were excreted by a majority of previously unvaccinated infants and young children for 3-4 weeks. The duration of viral shedding was reduced, however, among children who were previously vaccinated with inactivated poliovirus vaccine, who had preexisting antibodies to the infecting serotype, or who had previous intestinal infection with homologous poliovirus. These data suggest that the 14-day period after onset of paralysis is the interval with the highest probability of detecting wild poliovirus excretion in paralyzed children.
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- J P Alexander
- Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
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Gary HE, Freeman C, Peñaranda S, Maher K, Anderson L, Pallansch MA. Comparison of a monoclonal antibody-based IgM capture ELISA with a neutralization assay for assessing response to trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine. J Infect Dis 1997; 175 Suppl 1:S264-7. [PMID: 9203727 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/175.supplement_1.s264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Monoclone-based IgM capture ELISAs were developed for each of the three poliovirus serotypes and compared with a neutralization assay for detecting response to trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine among 224 infants. The IgM-based response rates were significantly higher than the neutralizing antibody-based rates: 95% versus 83% to poliovirus type 1, 99% versus 94% to poliovirus type 2, and 89% versus 59% to poliovirus type 3. IgM responses to the first vaccine dose were significantly associated between serotypes, suggesting that some of the discordance may reflect a heterotypic IgM response. When the response rates in 4 vaccine formulation groups were compared, group differences using the two assays were similar for poliovirus types 1 and 2 but not for type 3. Therefore, IgM results using these assays may not be adequate substitutes for neutralizing antibody results when determining vaccine response.
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- H E Gary
- Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
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Enteroviruses have been examined for their possible role in the etiology of IDDM for nearly 40 years, yet the evidence remains inconclusive. The mechanism of acute cytolytic infection of beta-cells, proposed by earlier studies, appears to be incompatible with the long preclinical period of autoimmunity preceding IDDM. Advances in molecular biology have improved our understanding of enteroviral biology and of potential alternative pathogenic mechanisms through which enteroviruses may cause diabetes. The focus of future human studies will likely shift from people with IDDM to those with prediabetic autoimmunity to determine whether acute enteroviral infections can promote progression from autoimmunity to overt diabetes. We propose that such studies use assays to detect enteroviral RNA, in addition to IgM serology. RNA assays can overcome sensitivity and type-specificity limitations of IgM assays as well as identify diabetogenic strains of enteroviruses, if such exist. Evaluation of the role of enteroviruses in triggering beta-cell autoimmunity in humans will require large prospective studies of young children. The Diabetes Autoimmunity Study in the Young--one of very few such studies currently underway--is focusing on potential interactions between HLA class II genes and enteroviral infections. Future studies will likely examine interactions between viral infections and non-HLA IDDM candidate genes, including those that may determine beta-cell tropism of candidate viruses.
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- P M Graves
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, USA
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Sutter RW, Suleiman AJ, Malankar PG, Mehta FR, Medany MA, Arif MA, Linkins RW, Pallansch MA, El-Bualy MS, Robertson SE. Sequential use of inactivated poliovirus vaccine followed by oral poliovirus vaccine in Oman. J Infect Dis 1997; 175 Suppl 1:S235-40. [PMID: 9203722 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/175.supplement_1.s235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Seroprevalence and geometric mean titers (GMTs) were compared at 6 and 10 months after vaccination with monovalent type 1 oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) at 6 months and trivalent OPV at 7 and 9 months. Group 1 had received 4 doses of OPV, group 2 OPV at birth and 3 doses of OPV and inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV), and group 3 placebo at birth and 3 doses of IPV. A total of 547 infants completed the study. At 10 months, seroprevalence to poliovirus type 1 was 98%, 99%, and 98% in groups 1, 2, and 3; 100%, 100%, and 98% to poliovirus type 2; and 80%, 96%, and 91% to poliovirus type 3. Differences in seroprevalence among the groups were significant for poliovirus type 3 (P < .001). Between 6 and 10 months, significant increases in seroprevalence and GMTs occurred for poliovirus type 1 but not for types 2 and 3. Two OPV doses following 3 IPV doses did not significantly increase seroprevalence or raise GMTs for poliovirus types 2 and 3; however, significant increases were found for poliovirus type 1, which may have benefitted from monovalent type 1 administration.
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- R W Sutter
- National Immunization Program, and Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
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Gary HE, Sanders R, Pallansch MA. A theoretical framework for evaluating the sensitivity of surveillance for detecting wild poliovirus: II. Factors affecting detection sensitivity in a population with circulating wild poliovirus. J Infect Dis 1997; 175 Suppl 1:S141-5. [PMID: 9203706 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/175.supplement_1.s141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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A basic framework for describing sensitivity of surveillance to detect poliovirus is extended from individuals to general populations (population sensitivity). Using the mathematical formulations for population sensitivity, the theoretical behavior of surveillance sensitivity under various conditions is analyzed. As a region nears the elimination of poliovirus, population sensitivity falls to a value lower than the case-to-infection ratio, regardless of the system proficiency. Also, a second stool specimen makes a substantial contribution to population sensitivity only in regions with relatively low specimen sensitivity and then only over a narrow range of population infection incidence. Estimates of the mean numbers of infected and uninfected acute flaccid paralysis cases investigated in a season are derived. These may serve as additional indicators of system operation but require the collection of 2 specimens per case.
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- H E Gary
- Respiratory and Enteric Viruses Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
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Reichler MR, Kharabsheh S, Rhodes P, Otoum H, Bloch S, Majid MA, Pallansch MA, Patriarca PA, Cochi SL. Increased immunogenicity of oral poliovirus vaccine administered in mass vaccination campaigns compared with the routine vaccination program in Jordan. J Infect Dis 1997; 175 Suppl 1:S198-204. [PMID: 9203717 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/175.supplement_1.s198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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To compare the immunogenicity of routine versus mass campaign doses of oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV), serum neutralizing antibodies were measured in 254 children before and after two mass vaccination campaigns in Jordan. Precampaign seroprevalences to poliovirus types 1, 2, and 3 in children who had received three, four, or five routine doses of OPV were compared with postcampaign seroprevalences in children who had received one, two, or three routine doses plus two mass campaign doses. Seroprevalences were consistently higher in subgroups that received two doses through mass campaigns than in subgroups that received all doses through the routine program, especially for poliovirus type 3. Geometric mean titers were also consistently higher for mass campaign subgroups, particularly for poliovirus type 3. The findings suggest that adding further doses of OPV to the routine schedule is unlikely to have as great an impact on the immune state of children as administering the same number of doses during mass campaigns.
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- M R Reichler
- Polio Eradication Activity, National Immunization Program and Enterovirus Branch, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
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Reichler MR, Abbas A, Kharabsheh S, Mahafzah A, Alexander JP, Rhodes P, Faouri S, Otoum H, Bloch S, Majid MA, Mulders M, Aslanian R, Hull HF, Pallansch MA, Patriarca PA. Outbreak of paralytic poliomyelitis in a highly immunized population in Jordan. J Infect Dis 1997; 175 Suppl 1:S62-70. [PMID: 9203694 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/175.supplement_1.s62] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Between November 1991 and March 1992, 37 cases of paralytic poliomyelitis occurred in Jordan, where none had been reported since 1988. Of these, 17 (50%) of 34 patients had received at least three doses of oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV3). The first and 2 subsequent case-patients were children of Pakistani migrant workers, and the first 8 and a total of 27 (75%) case-patients resided in or near the Jordan Valley. A seroepidemiologic study of 987 children in all regions of Jordan was performed to assess OPV3 coverage and immune response to OPV. Although OPV3 coverage by 12 months of age was high (96%) in the general population, coverage was lower among Pakistani (21%), Bedouin (63%), and Gypsy (9%) children (P < .001). Seroprevalences for poliovirus type 3 were 71% in the Jordan Valley versus 81% in other regions after 3 doses of OPV (P < .06) and 77% in the Jordan Valley versus 98% in other regions after 5 doses of OPV (P < .001). This outbreak demonstrates the importance of achieving high seroimmunity to infection in all geographic areas to prevent the reintroduction and spread of imported strains of wild poliovirus.
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- M R Reichler
- Polio Eradication Activity and Data Management Branch, National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
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Gary HE, Sanders R, Pallansch MA. A theoretical framework for evaluating the sensitivity of surveillance for detecting wild poliovirus: I. Factors affecting detection sensitivity in a person with acute flaccid paralysis. J Infect Dis 1997; 175 Suppl 1:S135-40. [PMID: 9203705 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/175.supplement_1.s135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Surveillance for cases of acute flaccid paralysis provides a means for detecting circulating wild poliovirus in a population and therefore is crucial to the global polio eradication effort. An initial step toward developing a more general framework for understanding the sensitivity of the acute flaccid paralysis surveillance system is presented by first specifying four categories of sensitivity involved: laboratory sensitivity, specimen sensitivity, person sensitivity, and population sensitivity. Using this framework, estimates for specimen sensitivity (the probability that virus will be detected in a specimen collected from an infected person) and the prevalence of infection are derived and applied to surveillance data from three regions. On the basis of the framework, our analysis indicates that a second specimen may significantly increase person sensitivity under some circumstances but provides little improvement under others.
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- H E Gary
- Respiratory and Enteric Viruses Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
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Afif H, Sutter RW, Kew OM, Fontaine RE, Pallansch MA, Goyal MK, Cochi SL. Outbreak of poliomyelitis in Gizan, Saudi Arabia: cocirculation of wild type 1 polioviruses from three separate origins. J Infect Dis 1997; 175 Suppl 1:S71-5. [PMID: 9203695 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/175.supplement_1.s71] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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In 1989, a localized outbreak of 10 cases of poliomyelitis occurred in Saudi Arabia. Wild poliovirus type 1 was isolated from 5 patients. To determine the patterns of poliovirus circulation, partial nucleotide sequences of the poliovirus isolates were compared. These isolates were remarkably diverse. Two isolates were closely related to each other and to viruses isolated during the 1988 epidemic in Oman. Two other isolates were very similar to viruses found in Egypt. The fifth isolate was distantly related to the latter pair. The molecular data suggest that the 10 cases represented three separate outbreaks. The virologic findings underscore the potential for Saudi Arabia, which receives millions of guest workers and their families each year from countries in which polio is endemic, to be exposed to frequent importations of wild polioviruses. To restrict the circulation of imported polioviruses, Saudi Arabia must maintain high population immunity to poliovirus in all geopolitical divisions.
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- H Afif
- Field Epidemiology Training Program, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Kilpatrick DR, Nottay B, Yang CF, Yang SJ, Mulders MN, Holloway BP, Pallansch MA, Kew OM. Group-specific identification of polioviruses by PCR using primers containing mixed-base or deoxyinosine residue at positions of codon degeneracy. J Clin Microbiol 1996; 34:2990-6. [PMID: 8940436 PMCID: PMC229447 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.12.2990-2996.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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We have developed a method for differentiating polioviruses from nonpolio enteroviruses using PCR. A pair of panpoliovirus PCR primers were designed to match intervals encoding amino acid sequences within VP1 that are strongly conserved among polioviruses. The initiating primer hybridizes with codons of a 7-amino-acid sequence that has been found only in polioviruses; the second primer matches codons of a domain thought to interact with the cell receptor. The panpoliovirus PCR primers contain mixed-base and deoxyinosine residues to compensate for the high degeneracy of the targeted codons. All RNAs from 48 vaccine-related and 110 wild poliovirus isolates of all three serotypes served as efficient templates for amplification of 79-bp product. None of the genomic sequences of 49 nonpolio enterovirus reference strains were amplified under equivalent reaction conditions. Sensitivities of poliovirus detection were as low as 100 fg (equivalent to approximately 25,000 genomic copies or 25 to 250 PFU) when the amplified products were visualized by ethidium bromide fluorescence. These degenerate PCR primers should aid in the detection of all polioviruses, including those wild poliovirus isolates for which genotype-specific reagents are unavailable.
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- D R Kilpatrick
- Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.
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Simonsen L, Khan AS, Gary HE, Hanson C, Pallansch MA, Music S, Holman RC, Stewart JA, Erdman DD, Arden NH, Arenberg IK, Schonberger LB. Outbreak of vertigo in Wyoming: possible role of an enterovirus infection. Epidemiol Infect 1996; 117:149-57. [PMID: 8760963 PMCID: PMC2271687 DOI: 10.1017/s0950268800001254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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An epidemiologic investigation was conducted to characterize and evaluate the possibility of a viral aetiology of an outbreak of acute vertigo in Hot Springs Country, Wyoming, during autumn 1992. Case-finding identified Hot Springs County residents who sought medical attention for new onset vertigo during 1 August, 1992-31 January 1993. Thirty-five case-patients and 61 matched controls were interviewed and serum specimens were obtained during January 1993. Case-patients were more likely than controls to report symptoms (e.g. fatigue, sore throat, fever, diarrhoea) of antecedent acute illness. Case-patients did not have a significantly greater prevalence or mean titre of IgG antibodies to respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza viruses, Epstein-Barr virus, and cytomegalovirus than controls. Serologic evidence of recent enterovirus infection (IgM antibodies) was found for 74% of case-patients compared with 54% of controls (P < 0.05), suggesting a possible association between vertigo and enterovirus infection. Future studies are needed to define the role of enteroviruses in innerear diseases.
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- L Simonsen
- Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
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- R T Chen
- National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
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Fifteen clinical coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3) isolates were assessed for cardiopathologic capabilities in adolescent male CD-1 mice in comparison to two well characterized cardiovirulent CVB3 strains. One isolate was cardiovirulent, one minimally cardiovirulent and the remaining 13 isolates were noncardiovirulent. The two cardiovirulent isolates and one well characterized cardiovirulent strain, established higher viremic titers, in comparison to five noncardiovirulent isolates that were examined. The two cardiovirulent isolates and one well characterized cardiovirulent strain replicated to significantly higher titers than five noncardiovirulent isolates in primary cultures of murine neonatal or adolescent cardiac fibroblasts. Nucleotide sequence analysis of an area defined by nucleotides(N)300-N599 in the 5'-nontranslated region were performed on the two well characterized cardiovirulent CVB3 strains, the two cardiovirulent isolates and 12 noncardiovirulent isolates. The data detected a single discriminatory nucleotide position. An A was present at N565 in three of four cardiovirulent CVB3, whereas a U or C was present in this position in 12 of 12 noncardiovirulent CVB3. In toto, these data are compatible with the hypothesis that the type of the nucleotide at N565, a position within the internal ribosome entry site, is associated with capacity of a CVB3 for replication in vivo and in vitro and this capacity for vigorous replication is associated with cardiovirulence.
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- C J Gauntt
- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 78284-7758, USA
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Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is capable of causing paralytic disease indistinguishable from poliomyelitis due to poliovirus. To determine the relationship of EV71 to poliovirus and other enteroviruses, two strains of EV71 have been cloned and sequenced. The EV71 strains had only 46% amino acid identity with the polioviral P1 capsid region and 55% with the entire polyprotein. There were no regions of high similarity that might account for their respective ability to cause paralytic disease. The two strains, a neurovirulent isolate (EV71/7423/MS/87) and the prototype strain (EV71/BrCr), share 81% nucleotide identity and 95% amino acid identity. Sequence comparisons in the coding region between the two EV71 strains and other picornaviruses indicate that EV71, coxsackievirus A16 and coxsackievirus A2 comprise a distinct genetic group within the enteroviruses.
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- B A Brown
- Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
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Helfand RF, Gary HE, Freeman CY, Anderson LJ, Pallansch MA. Serologic evidence of an association between enteroviruses and the onset of type 1 diabetes mellitus. Pittsburgh Diabetes Research Group. J Infect Dis 1995; 172:1206-11. [PMID: 7594655 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/172.5.1206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Serum was collected from 128 patients < or = 18 years of age admitted to the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh with new-onset insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) and from 120 control-patients who were frequency-matched to case-patients for age, sex, and date of bleed. Serum was tested for IgM against 14 enterovirus serotypes: coxsackieviruses B1-B6 and A9, echoviruses 4, 6, 9, 11, 30, and 34, and enterovirus 71. Case-children 13-18 years of age were more likely than control-patients to be IgM-positive for 9 of 14 serotypes (P < or = .05 for each). In contrast, case-children 10-12 years of age and 1-9 years of age were each more likely than age-matched control-children to be IgM positive for 1 serotype (P < or = .05 for each). In addition, the association between IgM positivity and IDDM occurred earlier in girls than in boys. These data support an association between IDDM and enterovirus IgM positivity in older children.
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- R F Helfand
- Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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van der Avoort HG, Hull BP, Hovi T, Pallansch MA, Kew OM, Crainic R, Wood DJ, Mulders MN, van Loon AM. Comparative study of five methods for intratypic differentiation of polioviruses. J Clin Microbiol 1995; 33:2562-6. [PMID: 8567883 PMCID: PMC228529 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.33.10.2562-2566.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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A coded panel of 90 poliovirus isolates, 30 of each of the three known serotypes, was used to evaluate five methods for the intratypic differentiation of polioviruses: (i) an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with polyclonal cross-absorbed antisera (PAb-E), (ii) a neutralization assay with type-specific monoclonal antibodies (MAb-N), (iii) a restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) assay, (iv) a Sabin vaccine strain-specific PCR assay, and (v) a Sabin vaccine strain-specific cRNA probe hybridization (ProHyb) assay. Sequence analysis was used for the definitive characterization of the strains. The panel was distributed to five laboratories; each laboratory analyzed the strains by at least two methods. Each method was used by three or four laboratories. The total performance scores (percentage correct results per number of tests) of the five methods were 96.7% for PAb-E, 93.9% for MAb-N, 91.9% for RFLP assay, 93.3% for Sabin vaccine strain-specific PCR, and 97.4% for Sabin vaccine strain-specific ProHyb. Consistent results were obtained by each laboratory for 88 of 90 isolates (97.8%) examined by PAb-E, 81 of 90 isolates (90.0%) examined by MAb-N, 78 of 90 isolates (86.7%) examined by RFLP assay, 81 of 90 isolates (90.0%) examined by PCR, and 89 of 90 isolates (98.9%) examined by ProHyb assay. Six strains were classified differently by different methods. It is recommended that at least two methods be used for the intratypic differentiation of poliovirus isolates, and each method should be based on a different principle (i.e., antigenic properties and nucleotide sequence composition). If two assays yield discrepant results, further characterization, preferably by partial sequence determination, will be required for correct identification.
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- H G van der Avoort
- Laboratory of Virology, National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection, Rijksinstituut voor Volkgezondheid en Milieuhygiëne, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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Chervonskaya EA, Belova GI, Maslova SV, Kutateladze TN, Drozdov SG, Mulders M, Pallansch MA, Kew OM, Agol VI. Geographical genotypes (geotypes) of poliovirus case isolates from the former Soviet Union: relatedness to other known poliovirus genotypes. J Gen Virol 1995; 76 ( Pt 7):1687-99. [PMID: 9049374 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-76-7-1687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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A 150 nucleotide long region corresponding to adjoining segments of the genes encoding polypeptides VP1 and 2A of 84 poliovirus strains recently isolated from patients with paralytic poliomyelitis over the territory of the former Soviet Union (FSU) were characterized by sequencing and/or PCR amplification using specially designed primers. Eighteen isolates were found to be very closely related to one or another of the three Sabin vaccine strains. Three distinct classes of geographical genotypes (geotypes) were discerned among 42 wild-type (non-Sabin) strains of serotype 1. One such geotype (called A) was widely circulating in 1990-91 in the Caucasian (Azerbaijan and Georgia) as well as Asian (Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan) Republics; this geotype exhibited only weak relatedness to known strains isolated outside the FSU. On the other hand, a subset of strains belonging to another geotype (T) of serotype 1, which circulated in 1991 in Tajikistan, demonstrated very close relatedness to contemporaneous strains isolated in Pakistan, India and Jordan. Strains that were somewhat different, but belonging to the same T-geotype, were found also in Moldova and Georgia. Strikingly, the primary structure of the VP1/2A junction of certain T-geotype isolates differed from the corresponding region of Sabin 1 only in 13-15% of positions, thereby not reaching the upper limit accepted for a geotype. This observation raises, though does not prove, the possibility that at least the relevant segment of the T-geotype RNA originated from the vaccine strain. The third geotype of serotype 1 was represented by a single, perhaps imported, isolate. Four distinct subsets of a common geotype (C) were discerned among 24 wild-type isolates belonging to serotype 3. These strains exhibited a broad geographical distribution being found, in particular, in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan; on the other hand, the C-geotype strains exhibited only a relatively distant relatedness to a strain isolated outside of the FSU (in Oman).
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Sutter RW, Pallansch MA, Sawyer LA, Cochi SL, Hadler SC. Defining surrogate serologic tests with respect to predicting protective vaccine efficacy: poliovirus vaccination. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1995; 754:289-99. [PMID: 7625665 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1995.tb44462.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Inactivated and trivalent oral poliovirus vaccines contain either formalin-inactivated or live, attenuated poliovirus, respectively, of the three serotypes. Interference among the three attenuated poliovirus serotypes was minimized with a "balanced-formulation" vaccine, and serologic responses after IPV were optimized by adjusting the antigenic content of each inactivated poliovirus serotype. Seroconversion is dependent on both the relative content as well as the absolute quantity of virus in the vaccine. The "gold standard" method to assess humoral antibody responses following vaccination is the neutralization assay. Any detectable titer of neutralizing antibody against poliovirus is considered protective against clinical paralytic diseases. Recently, standard procedures were adopted for conducting neutralization assays. Efforts are being undertaken now to develop a combined diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis vaccine and IPV vaccine in the United States using a dual-chambered syringe that mixes the content of both vaccines at the time of injection; this approach is necessary to overcome the potential detrimental effect of thimerosal on IPV (the preservative in DTP). Other vaccines that combine DTP and/or Haemophilus influenzae type b and/or hepatitis B with IPV appear feasible but require further investigation. New combination vaccines should induce similar or superior levels of neutralizing antibody in serum for individual protection against paralytic disease and mucosal immunity that effectively decreases viral replication in the intestine and pharynx for population protection against transmission of poliovirus.
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- R W Sutter
- National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
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Strebel PM, Aubert-Combiescu A, Ion-Nedelcu N, Biberi-Moroeanu S, Combiescu M, Sutter RW, Kew OM, Pallansch MA, Patriarca PA, Cochi SL. Paralytic poliomyelitis in Romania, 1984-1992. Evidence for a high risk of vaccine-associated disease and reintroduction of wild-virus infection. Am J Epidemiol 1994; 140:1111-24. [PMID: 7998593 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a117211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Although poliomyelitis due to wild-virus infection has virtually disappeared from Romania, with no cases having been documented between 1984 and 1989, vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis has been reported at very high rates for over two decades. In November 1990, to decrease the risk of vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis, oral poliovirus vaccine produced in Romania was replaced by imported oral vaccine made by a Western European manufacturer. To better quantify the risk of vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis and the impact of the change in vaccine manufacturer, the authors reviewed clinical, epidemiologic, and laboratory data on poliomyelitis cases that occurred in Romania from 1984 to 1992. Poliovirus isolates were characterized at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. During the period 1984-1992, 132 confirmed cases of paralytic poliomyelitis were reported in Romania, of which 13 were classified as wild-virus-associated, 93 as vaccine-associated, and 26 as "of unknown origin." Wild type 1 poliovirus was isolated during 1990-1992 from nine of 13 (69%) cases in an outbreak that occurred primarily among undervaccinated gypsy children. Vaccine-associated cases were epidemiologically and virologically distinct from wild-virus cases. Of the 93 vaccine-associated cases, 45 children were recipients and 48 were contacts. The overall risk of vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis in Romania (1 case per 183,000 doses of oral poliovirus vaccine distributed) was 14-fold higher than the risk in the United States. The risks of recipient vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis related to the first dose of oral vaccine were similar for Romanian and imported vaccine (1 case per 95,000 doses and 1 case per 65,000 doses, respectively), as were the total risks of vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis. These findings definitively demonstrate a substantially elevated risk of vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis in Romania which was not affected by a change in oral poliovirus vaccine manufacturer.
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- P M Strebel
- National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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Withers BG, Kelley PW, Pang LW, Kustermann JA, MacArthy PO, Russell BJ, Pallansch MA. Vaccine-preventable disease susceptibility in a young adult Micronesian population. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 1994; 25:569-74. [PMID: 7777928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Current US military recruit vaccination policy presumes that recruits have had a complete childhood immunization series. This assumption may not be appropriate for recruits from Micronesia, who may have had limited access to modern health care, including immunization programs. During 1988 and 1990, a cross-sectional serosurvey was conducted among 66 US military recruits, 56 from the Federated States of Micronesia and 10 from the Republic of the Marshall Islands, collectively referred to as Micronesia. Antibody seronegativity levels for 12 vaccine-preventable (or potentially so) diseases were: measles (52%), mumps (14%), rubella (21%), varicella (38%), diphtheria (39%) tetanus (0%), polio type 1 (4%), polio type 2 (0%), polio type 3 (14%), hepatitis A (9%), hepatitis B (17%), and hepatitis C (98%). Compared with Army recruits in general, Micronesian recruits were significantly more likely to be seronegative for measles and varicella and seropositive for hepatitis types A and B. Personal histories of disease were felt to be inadequate in predicting antibody status.
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- B G Withers
- Division of Preventive Medicine, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC 20307, USA
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