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June 1, 1944Experimental Biology and Medicine

Poliomyelitis Virus in the Human Oro-pharynx.

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Population

14 cases of human poliomyelitis during the first week of the disease

Design

Case_series

Authors

HHHoward A. HoweOklahoma State Department of HealthHWH. A. WennerUniversity of KansasDBDale L. BodianApplied Diamond (United States)

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Implication

May inform early isolation in poliomyelitis; leaves open validation in larger modern cohorts.

Structured PICO

P
Population
14 cases of human poliomyelitis during the first week of the disease
O
Outcome
Presence of active poliomyelitis virus in throat swabs

Active poliomyelitis virus is present in the oro-pharynx in 50% of cases during the first week of the disease.

Cite This Study

Howe et al. (1944) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9649e237dc33ab6afbac0ahttps://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-56-14638p
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