About the Authors
- Lester M. Shulman
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: cvlsheba@netvision.net.il
Affiliation Central Virology Laboratory, Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
- Yossi Manor
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Affiliation Central Virology Laboratory, Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
- Danit Sofer
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Affiliation Central Virology Laboratory, Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
- Rachel Handsher
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Affiliation Central Virology Laboratory, Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
- Tiberio Swartz
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Affiliation Israel Center for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
- Francis Delpeyroux
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Affiliation Unit of Molecular Prevention and Therapy of Human Diseases, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique FRE 2849, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France
- Ella Mendelson
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Affiliations Central Virology Laboratory, Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel, Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LS YM DS RH TS FD EM. Performed the experiments: LS YM DS RH FD. Analyzed the data: LS YM DS RH TS FD EM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LS YM DS FD. Wrote the paper: LS. Other: Coordinated study: LS. Coordinated the supplementary environmental surveillance for poliovirus and NPEV: YM. Responsible for immunological characterization of VDPV, conceived and carried out the program for determination of the immunological response of different cohorts to VDPV: DS RH TS. Coordinated and carried out neurovirulence testing of VDPV: FD. Assisted in the overall coordination of the study and the critical review of the manuscript: EM.