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A seroepidemiologic survey of immunity against poliomyelitis in a group of HIV positive and HIV negative drug addicts

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In a seroepidemiological study performed to investigate immunity against poliomyelitis in a population of drug addicts in a rehabilitative residential centre we demonstrated a widespread lack of poliovirus neutralizing antibodies. This was more evident in the HIV positive subjects, 27% of whom were seronegative for poliovirus type 1, 27% for type 2 and 34% for type 3, with 11% seronegative for all three types. These results indicate a gap in immunity to poliomyelitis in the examined population.

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  1. Institute of Virology, University of Milan, Via Pascal 38, 20133, Milano, Italy

    Fabrizio Pregliasco, Vanna Minolfi, Aida A dreassi & Maria Luisa Profeta

  2. Rehabilitative Community of San Patrignano, Rimini, Italy

    Aldo Boschin

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Pregliasco, F., Minolfi, V., Boschin, A. et al. A seroepidemiologic survey of immunity against poliomyelitis in a group of HIV positive and HIV negative drug addicts. Eur J Epidemiol 11, 693–695 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01720304

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