Poliomyelitis eradication: another step forward

The Lancet

Volume 376, Issue 9753, 13–19 November 2010, Pages 1624-1625

RW Sutter et al.
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The use of live-attenuated oral polio vaccine (OPV) and inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) has drastically reduced the number of cases and outbreaks of poliomyelitis (Crawford and Buttery, 2010; Dutta, 2008).
In the context of eradication of poliomyelitis the World Health Organization stimulates the development of inactivated polio vaccines based on attenuated virus strains. In addition to vaccine development, tests have to be designed to assess the vaccine quality. An important test is the identification test for poliovirus strains that are used for the vaccine production. A rapid and accurate PCR method with fluorescent probes has been developed to identify unequivocally the vaccine-specific poliovirus strains, such as Mahoney, MEF-1, Saukett H, Sabin type 1, Sabin type 2 and Sabin type 3.
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