| genomic characterization of human and environmental polioviruses isolated in albania. | between april and december 1996, a serious outbreak of poliomyelitis occurred in albania; almost 140 subjects were involved, and the episode presented an unusually high mortality rate (12%). during the outbreak, water samples from the lana river in tirana, albania, and stool samples from two cases of paralytic poliomyelitis were collected and analyzed for the presence of polioviruses. six polioviruses were isolated from the environmental and human samples, according to standard methods. all the ... | 1999 | 10427045 |