Population
31 monkeys with no detectable serum antibody against poliovirus.
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
Up to 2 months for Japanese monkeys; up to 5 days or after…
Authors
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Early mucosal replication sites in this model warrant further study; leaves open translation to human polio pathogenesis and vaccination.
This preclinical study demonstrates that orally administered poliovirus initially multiplies in the oropharynx and intestinal reticulo-endothelial cells before causing viremia and central nervous system invasion.
Kanamitsu et al. (1967) studied this question.
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