poliovirus
Americannoun
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polioviruses
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Origin of poliovirus
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“Every paralytic polio case means there are hundreds of children who are silently affected by poliovirus and are potentially carrying and spreading it throughout their communities,” she added.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2024
While the physicians spoke in large part of bombs, gunfire and the other direct consequences of armed conflict, the region faces another serious threat: poliovirus, which has been detected in Gaza wastewater since July.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2024
But wastewater surveillance — the testing of sewage for signs of pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2, poliovirus and mpox virus — has yet to be employed in the tracking of H5N1 bird flu virus.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2024
The “wild” poliovirus is now cornered in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where it has paralyzed four children so far this year.
From Science Magazine ● May 7, 2024
But doing this would require millions of neutralization tests, which involved mixing blood serum from newly vaccinated children with live poliovirus and cells in culture.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
She found that harmless enteroviruses in the intestinal tract appeared to interfere with the polioviruses.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 17, 2022
“We usually only give an extra booster to people traveling to countries such as Afghanistan and Yemen, where there is a concern that polioviruses might be circulating,” Adalja says.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 29, 2022
Wild poliovirus serotype 1, the most virulent form, remains endemic only in Pakistan and Afghanistan, but vaccine-derived polioviruses continue to circulate in some countries in Africa and other parts of the world.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
Vaccine-derived polioviruses are not the only threat to the global eradication effort.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 13, 2022
While cholera is caused by bacteria, water transmits viruses too, including hepatitis A and E viruses, rotaviruses, noroviruses and polioviruses.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 1, 2022
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