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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2006, p. 1150-1152, Vol. 44, No. 3
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.3.1150-1152.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Molecular Characterization of Wild-Type Polioviruses Isolated in Greece during the 1996 Outbreak in Albania

Zaharoula Kyriakopoulou,1 Christine Kottaridi,1 Evaggelos Dedepsidis,1 Eugenia Bolanaki,2 Stamatina Levidiotou-Stefanou,3 and Panayotis Markoulatos1*

Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, 26, Ploutonos and Aeolou St., Larissa 41 221, Greece,1 Virology Laboratory, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, 127, Vasilissis Sofias Ave., Athens 115 21, Greece,2 Department of Microbiology, Medical School of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece3

Received 2 December 2005/ Accepted 8 December 2005

During the present study three type 1 poliovirus strains isolated in Greece during the 1996 poliomyelitis outbreak in Albania were retrospectively investigated and determination of their relationship with other epidemic strains isolated in Albania or elsewhere during previous epidemics was attempted. SimPlot analysis revealed that the three Greek strains are the result of a recombination event in the VP2 coding region.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biochemistry & Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, 26, Ploutonos & Aeolou St., Larissa 41221, Greece. Phone: 0030 2410 565274. Fax: 0030 2410 565290. E-mail: markoulatos{at}bio.uth.gr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2006, p. 1150-1152, Vol. 44, No. 3
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.3.1150-1152.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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