Complete genome sequence of the last representative genotype of wild indigenous poliovirus type 1, which circulated in Brazil

Fernando N Tavares; Eliane V da Costa; Olen M Kew; Edson E da Silva

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00811-13

Complete genome sequence of the last representative genotype of wild indigenous poliovirus type 1, which circulated in Brazil

Genome Announc. 2013 Oct 31;1(6):e00811-13. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00811-13.

Authors

Fernando N Tavares¹, Eliane V da Costa, Olen M Kew, Edson E da Silva

Affiliation

¹ Laboratório de Enterovírus, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Abstract

Polioviruses are the major etiological agents associated with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP). The complete genome sequence of a representative of the last wild poliovirus type 1 genotype isolated in Brazil from a paralytic poliomyelitis case is reported here.