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Poliovirus antibody in Northern Greece

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

V. Kyriazopoulou-Dalaina
V. Kyriazopoulou-Dalaina
Affiliation:
Virus Unit, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece
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In order to study the serological status of the Northern Greek population to poliovirus, 881 sera from healthy people were examined for neutralizing antibody by the micrometabolic inhibition test. The people under examination were aged from 1 day to 70 years old. Overall, of the 881 sera examined, 704 (80%) had antibodies (titre ≥ 4) to poliovirus 1, 742 (84%) had antibodies to poliovirus 2 and 715 (81%) had antibodies to poliovirus 3. Fifty-five per cent of the sera had antibodies to all three polioviruses while 3·3% had no poliovirus antibody at all. There was no statistically significant difference in the rates of seropositivity to the various poliovirus types or between males and females. However the rates of seropositivity did vary with age.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 96 , Issue 3 , June 1986 , pp. 479 - 482
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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