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INVESTIGAÇÕES SÔBRE INFECÇÕES POR ENTEROVÍRUS NO DISTRITO FEDERAL
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, GB, Brasil.
Prefeitura do Distrito Federal. Serviço de Epidemiologia. Rio de Janeiro, GB, Brasil.
Prefeitura do Distrito Federal. Serviço de Epidemiologia. Rio de Janeiro, GB, Brasil.
Abstract
The authors describe results of isolations from rectal and throat swabs of paralitic polio-like cases in Brasilia. The specimens have been collected during a period of 13 months (January 64 to January 65) and sent by plane to the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. From 47 samples examined, were isolated 28 strains of Poliovirus type 1, 4 of type 2, and two non-polio agents. One of the non-polio agents was pathogenic for baby-mice with typical lesions of Coxsackie A virus group. The age distribution suggests that children less than 4 years ol should be vaccinated as the first step in order to control polio infections in the studied area.
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