Table 1.
Virus isolation from stool specimens of healthy children with respect to the round of stool collection in the far north region of Cameroon
| Isolatea | 2008 (n = 233) |
2009 (n = 203) |
Total (n = 436) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of isolates | Isolation rate (%) | No. of isolates | Isolation rate (%) | No. of isolates | Isolation rate (%) | |
| Enteroviruses | ||||||
| Polioviruses | 10 | 4.3 | 7 | 3.4 | 17 | 3.9 |
| Typed NPEVs | 78 | 71 | 149 | |||
| Mixed strains of NPEVs | 8 | 4 | 12 | |||
| All NPEVs | 86 | 36.9 | 75 | 36.9 | 161 | 36.9 |
| All enteroviruses | 96 | 41.2 | 82 | 40.4 | 178 | 40.8 |
| Adenoviruses | 1 | 0.4 | 7 | 3.4 | 8 | 1.8 |