Reinforced poliovirus and enterovirus surveillance in Romania

Anda Baicus (1, 2) , Marie-Line Joffret (3) , Maël Bessaud (3) , Francis Delpeyroux (3) , Gabriela Oprisan (1, 4)

1 Cantacuzino National Medico-Military Institute for Research Development [Bucharest]
2 UMPCD - University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” Bucharest
3 IP - Institut Pasteur [Paris]
4 UTM - Titu Maiorescu University = Universitatea Titu Maiorescu [Buchares]

Due to the risk of poliovirus importation from Ukraine in 2015, a combined surveillance program monitoring the circulation of enteroviruses (EVs) in healthy children from at-risk areas and in the environment was conducted in Romania. Virological testing of stool samples collected from 155 healthy children aged from two months to six years and of 186 sewage water samples collected from different areas was performed. A total of 58 (37.42%) stool samples and 50 (26.88%) sewage water samples were positive for non-polio EVs, but no poliovirus was detected. A high level of circulation of echovirus (E) types 6 and 7 and coxsackievirus (CV) type B5 was observed.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Virology

Anda Baicus, Marie-Line Joffret, Maël Bessaud, Francis Delpeyroux, Gabriela Oprisan. Reinforced poliovirus and enterovirus surveillance in Romania. Archives of Virology, 2020, ⟨10.1007/s00705-020-04772-7⟩. ⟨pasteur-02914963⟩