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In order to study the serological status of a population against poliomyelitis, neutralizing antibody for the three types of polioviruses were examined in 742 serum specimens from individuals aged from 1 to 70 years and over were collected during 1985. Sixty-two percent of the sera had antibodies (titre ≥ 1:8) to all three polioviruses, while 5% had no poliovirus antibody at all. However the rates of seropositivity did vary with age: the 10–19 age group had the lowest frequency of antibody (38%) to the three viruses and the difference between the percentage of this group and the previous (1–10 years) and following ones (20–70 years and over) was highly significant. The results of this seroprevalence survey indicate a gap in immunity to poliomyelitis in the population examined.
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REALI, D., Carducci, A. & Ruschi, M.A. Serum antibodies to polioviruses in a Tuscan population, Italy. Eur J Epidemiol 6, 309–312 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00150438
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