Key result
In a family of four children with poliomyelitis, two were proven to carry the virus in the nasopharynx, suggesting that every case develops from a carrier of the virus.
Population
A family group containing four children showing varying degrees of poliomyelitis symptoms.
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
1 month
Authors
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May support nasopharyngeal carriage in poliomyelitis families; leaves open whether all cases arise from carriers and requires larger studies.
Case Report (n=4)
The study demonstrates that individuals can be asymptomatic carriers of the poliomyelitis virus before or after clinical symptoms.
Taylor et al. (1917) conducted a case report in Poliomyelitis (n=4). Poliomyelitis virus carriage was evaluated on Development of poliomyelitis infection and carrier status. In a family of four children with poliomyelitis, two were proven to carry the virus in the nasopharynx, suggesting that every case develops from a carrier of the virus.
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