Population
Patients with suspected poliomyelitis, but from whom poliovirus was not isolated
Design
Cohort
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Supports expanded differentials for acute paralysis; hypothesis-generating for etiology-specific surveillance.
Various non-polio etiologies, including trauma, toxins, and other viral infections, can present as polio-like paralytic syndromes, highlighting the need for broad differential diagnosis and surveillance.
J. H. S. Gear (1984) studied this question.
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