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. 2006 Nov-Dec;51(6):43-6.

[Global eradication of poliomyelitis: intralaboratory contamination with wild poliovirus in the implementation of the program for safe laboratory containment of wild-type polioviruses in the Russian Federation]

[Article in Russian]
O E Ivanova, T P Eremeeva, E A Korotkova, M L Iakovenko, S G Kuribko, V B Fedorova, G M Babkina, V S Petina, T V Vorontsova, A A Iasinskiĭ
  • PMID: 17214083

[Global eradication of poliomyelitis: intralaboratory contamination with wild poliovirus in the implementation of the program for safe laboratory containment of wild-type polioviruses in the Russian Federation]

[Article in Russian]
O E Ivanova et al. Vopr Virusol. 2006 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

The paper describes a case of contamination of sewage samples by a wild poliovirus type 1 strain (Mahoney) in one of the virological laboratories of the Russian Federation. It discusses the possible sources and the mechanism of contamination, as well as the problems in the implementation of the program for safe laboratory containments of wild-type polioviruses.

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