Fatal poliomyelitis with recovery of virus from cerebrospinal fluid

I. M. Onorato; D. Siegel; M. Zweng; E. Bottone; S. Z. Hirschman

Fatal poliomyelitis with recovery of virus from cerebrospinal fluid

I. M. Onorato, D. Siegel, M. Zweng, E. Bottone, S. Z. Hirschman

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Abstract

The first known case of paralytic poliomyelitis to occur in New York City since 1972 is described. The patient gave a history of immunizations with the inactivated poliovirus (Salk) vaccine. The diagnosis was made by isolation of poliovirus type 1 from cerebrospinal fluid. The virus was classified as a wildtype. The source of the infection is not known.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	694-697
Number of pages	4
Journal	Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine
Volume	45
Issue number	6
State	Published - 1978

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Fatal poliomyelitis with recovery of virus from cerebrospinal fluid

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