@article{fdi:010052948,
  title = {{T}ype 1 wild poliovirus and putative enterovirus 109 in an outbreak of acute flaccid paralysis in {C}ongo, {O}ctober-{N}ovember 2010},
  author = {{G}rard, {G}. and {D}rexler, {J}. {F}. and {L}ekana-{D}ouki, {S}. and {C}aron, {M}. and {L}ukashev, {A}. and {N}koghe, {D}. and {G}onzalez, {J}ean-{P}aul and {D}rosten, {C}. and {L}eroy, {E}ric},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}n outbreak of flaccid paralysis syndrome in adults is ongoing in {C}ongo. {M}olecular analysis of faecal, throat and cerebrospinal samples identified wildtype 1 poliovirus and an additional enterovirus {C} strain related to enterovirus 109 as the cause. {A}s of 22 {N}ovember, the cumulative number of cases was 409, of which 169 (41.3%) were fatal. {T}his is one of the largest wild type 1 poliovirus outbreaks ever described associated with an unusually high case fatality rate.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}urosurveillance},
  volume = {15},
  numero = {47},
  pages = {6--8},
  ISSN = {1560-7917},
  year = {2010},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010052948},
}