Key result
A case of wild-virus poliomyelitis in a 16-month-old boy in China was caused by a strain phylogenetically related to viruses from Myanmar, Bangladesh, and India, indicating cross-border importation.
Population
A case of wild-virus poliomyelitis in Qinghai Province, China
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Alerts clinicians to importation risk in polio-free regions; leaves open optimal cross-border surveillance strategies.
Case Report (n=1)
Reports a case of wild poliovirus infection in China in 1999, breaking a 3-year period without identified cases.
Chiba et al. (2000) conducted a case report in Poliomyelitis (n=1). Wild poliovirus infection was evaluated on Identification and phylogenetic analysis of poliovirus. A case of wild-virus poliomyelitis in a 16-month-old boy in China was caused by a strain phylogenetically related to viruses from Myanmar, Bangladesh, and India, indicating cross-border importation.
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