[Absence of poliovirus circulation in Colombian departments with vaccination coverage below 80%]

Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2012 Aug;32(2):156-60. doi: 10.1590/s1020-49892012000800011.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

This study aims to explore a possible silent circulation of wild and vaccine-derived polioviruses in departments of Colombia with polio vaccination coverage of below 80%. The study collected 52 samples of wastewater concentrated as a result of precipitation with polyethylene glycol and sodium chloride. The viral detection was carried out through isolation and the identification through neutralization of the cytopathic effect, as well as through a conventional polymerase chain reaction following reverse transcription. The isolated polioviruses were characterized by the VP1 gene sequence. In two of the 52 samples, there was a presence of the Sabin type 2 poliovirus with more than 99% sequence similarity with the Sabin type 2 strain polio. Circulation of the nonpolio enterovirus was detected in 17.3% of the samples. The serotypes identified corresponded to coxsackievirus B1, echovirus 30, and echovirus 11. No evidence of the spread of either vaccine-derived poliovirus or wild poliovirus was detected in the departments of Colombia with polio coverage lower than 80%.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Line
  • Colombia
  • Enterovirus / classification
  • Enterovirus / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Poliovirus / classification
  • Poliovirus / genetics
  • Poliovirus / isolation & purification*
  • Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral*
  • Serotyping
  • Vaccination / statistics & numerical data*
  • Virus Cultivation
  • Wastewater / virology*

Substances

  • Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral
  • Waste Water