July 28, 2007Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyOpen Access

Advanced Environmental Surveillance and Molecular Analyses Indicate Separate Importations Rather than Endemic Circulation of Wild Type 1 Poliovirus in Gaza District in 2002

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Population

Environmental sewage samples from the Gaza district in 2002

Design

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Authors

YMY. ManorTel Aviv University SBSoile BlomqvistNational Health Service DSDanit SoferIsrael Ministry of Health

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Implication

May bolster poliovirus outbreak detection via sewage; leaves open prospective validation before public-health adoption.

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Population

Environmental sewage samples from the Gaza district in 2002

Intervention

Improved sewage surveillance algorithm (sample acquisition, processing, and molecular analysis including sequencing and phylogenetic analysis)

Outcome

Detection and phylogenetic characterization of wild type 1 poliovirus isolates

Advanced environmental surveillance and molecular analysis can effectively differentiate between separate importations and endemic circulation of wild poliovirus in polio-free regions.

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Manor et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a716ea06c240de38cdc2350 https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.02537-06

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Advanced Environmental Surveillance and Molecular Analyses Indicate Separate Importations Rather than Endemic Circulation of Wild Type 1 Poliovirus in Gaza District in 2002

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Advanced Environmental Surveillance and Molecular Analyses Indicate Separate Importations Rather than Endemic Circulation of Wild Type 1 Poliovirus in Gaza District in 2002

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Implication

Structured PICO

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