Open AccessRetrospective study on poliomyelitis cases in northern Greece
Author(s) -
Frantzidou Filanthi,
Papa Anna,
Chalkia Dimitra,
Antoniadis Antonis
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of clinical laboratory analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.536
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1098-2825
pISSN - 0887-8013
DOI - 10.1002/jcla.20041
Subject(s) - poliomyelitis , retrospective cohort study , medicine , virology , geography , surgery
Here we report the results of a retrospective study on the epidemiological characteristics and genetic relationships of the virus isolates responsible for the last poliomyelitis cases in Greece. The last wild poliomyelitis case in Greece was detected in 1996, and the last vaccine‐related strain was isolated in 1998. The whole of Europe, including Greece, is now considered to be polio‐free. J. Clin. Lab. Anal. 18:296–298, 2004. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.