Publications

resolution of the pathways of poliovirus type 1 transmission during an outbreak.	an outbreak of poliomyelitis with 20 cases occurred in israel, gaza, and the west bank from october 1987 to october 1988. the wild type 1 poliovirus associated with the outbreak was most closely related to viruses found in the nile delta. the epidemiologic links among patients involved in the outbreak and patients with community-acquired infections during the outbreak were inferred from the evolutionary relationships among isolates of the outbreak virus. complete vp1 sequences (906 nucleotides) ...	2000	10698978
intensified environmental surveillance supporting the response to wild poliovirus type 1 silent circulation in israel, 2013.	an emergency response was triggered by recovery of wild poliovirus type 1 (wpv1) of the south asia (soas) lineage from sewage in southern israel in april 2013 during routine environmental surveillance. public health risk assessment necessitated intensification of environmental surveillance in order to facilitate countrywide monitoring of wpv1-soas circulation. this involved increasing sampling frequency and broadening the geographical area, for better coverage of the population at risk, as well ...	2014	24576473