| absence of poliovirus in apparently healthy school children in bauchi state, nigeria. | poliovirus infections have been established to be in circulation in the remaining three polio-endemic nations. these pathogens have been associated with several chronic diseases, particularly acute flaccid paralysis of children. this study sought to ascertain whether polioviruses are silently shed by apparently healthy schoolchildren in bauchi, katagum, and misau local government areas of bauchi state, nigeria. | 2016 | 27580327 |