TABLE 1.
Occurrence of polyribonucleotide bands in sera from GWVs and nonmilitary controls
| Banda | Band size (bp) | No. (%) positive
|
P valueb | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GWVs (n = 24) | Nonmilitary controls (n = 50) | |||
| EV NTR | 297c | 14 (58) | 21 (42) | 0.22 |
| Polio P2/P3 | 565d | 10 (42) | 11 (22) | 0.10 |
| 200 | 2 (8) | 15 (30) | 0.043 | |
| Non-EV | 350 | 4 (17) | 0 (0) | 0.0092 |
| 450 | 17 (71) | 19 (38) | 0.0125 | |
| 750 | 12 (50) | 0 (0) | <0.0001 | |
a
EV NTR, enterovirus nontranslated region; EV, enterovirus; Non-EV, nonenterovirus.
b
See Materials and Methods for description of statistical analysis.
c
The PG01-PG02 primer pair detects a 297-bp band from the nontranslated region of a majority of enteroviruses.
d
The PG03-PG04 primer pair detects a 565-bp band of the P2-P3 junction of the oral poliovirus vaccine strains, Sabin types 1 and 2.