The paper you may be thinking about is J. Gen Virol (1986) 67:693-706
Antigenic and molecular evolution of the vaccine strain of type 3
poliovirus during the period of excretion by a primary vaccinee. Also an
interesting read is Holland et al. Science 215:1577-1585: Rapid evolution
of RNA genomes.
Mark A. Williams writes:
>I vaguely remember a paper in Nature (?) several years ago in which the
>author monitored the infectivity of the virus his baby shed after
(Sabin)
>immunization. As I remember, he found the reversion rate was just
slightly
>slower than the rate of neutralizing antibody production. Does anyone
have
>the reference?
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>Mark A. Williams
Cytel Corporation
mwcytel at nic.cerf.net
