1 Polio and Picornavirus Laboratory Branch, Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
2 IHRC Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
3 Division of Scientific Resources, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
4 Cherokee Nation Businesses, Catoosa, Oklahoma, USA.
5 Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria.
6 National Polio/ITD Laboratory, University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Nigeria.
7 Department of Microbiology, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria.
8 Department of Virology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
We sequenced 109 type 2 Sabin-like poliovirus isolates that had been collected from acute flaccid paralysis patients or healthy children in Nigeria. Understanding the genetic makeup of these viruses may contribute to polio eradication efforts.