Key result
The virus of poliomyelitis can be readily isolated from the stools of patients with paralytic and abortive types, demonstrating the existence of healthy intestinal carriers.
Population
Patients with poliomyelitis (paralytic and abortive types) and healthy carriers
Design
Review
Authors
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Supports fecal-oral polio transmission via carriers; leaves open validation in modern surveillance and eradication programs.
The stool method for isolating poliomyelitis virus has significantly enhanced the understanding of human carriers in the disease.
John R. Paul (1941) conducted a review in Poliomyelitis. Stool isolation of poliomyelitis virus was evaluated. The virus of poliomyelitis can be readily isolated from the stools of patients with paralytic and abortive types, demonstrating the existence of healthy intestinal carriers.
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