| immunity status to polioviruses among non-european union immigrants in veneto region (north-east italy). | widespread use of poliovirus vaccines has lead to a dramatic decline on the incidence of paralytic poliomyelitis in the western hemisphere. in italy, the use of live attenuated vaccine (opv) has lead to virtual eradication of poliomyelitis. however, wild poliovirus is still endemic in some less developed countries, and there is still a risk of importation of wild-virus poliomyelitis as result of immigration from these areas. therefore, a serologic study of the immunologic status to poliovirus wa ... | 1996 | 8852425 |
| immunity status to poliovirus in veneto region (north-east italy). a seroepidemiological survey. | the immunity state to poliovirus types 1, 2, and 3 of a population aged 2 to 75 years was determined by examining 274 sera collected in the venice mainland (north-east italy). altogether, the neutralizing antibody prevalences (at a titre > or = 1:2) for poliovirus 1, 2, and 3 were 99.0 percent (geometrical mean titres [gmt]: 72.1), 99.6 percent (gmt: 95.9) and 98.2 percent (gmt: 17.3), respectively, and all the age groups also showed very good levels of humoral immunity. high antibody titres (> ... | 2006 | 7847782 |