Polio
Polio is a serious and life-threatening disease the state health department said. Before the polio vaccine the disease had been a major cause of disability in children.
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It is caused by the poliovirus.
. There have been no cases of wild type polio acquired in the US. There are three variations of poliovirus called wild poliovirus type 1 2 and 3 WPV1 WPV2 and WPV3. The polio virus enters the body through the mouth usually from hands contaminated with the stool of an infected person.
It invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours. Its highly contagious and people can spread the virus before they start showing symptoms which can take. It is characterized by paralysis or weakness in arms legs or both.
About 1 in 4 infected people have flu-like symptoms including sore throat fever tiredness nausea headache and stomach pain. There is no cure for polio but it can be prevented with safe and effective vaccination. Ad Polio is a health condition thats a lot less common today than a few decades ago and in.
The virus spreads from person to person and can infect a persons spinal cord causing paralysis cant move parts of the body. The virus is transmitted by person-to-person spread mainly through the faecal-oral route or less frequently by a common vehicle for example contaminated water or food and multiplies in the intestine. Respiratory and oral-to-oral transmission through saliva may also occur.
Wild polio types 2 and 3 have been eradicated no longer exist and wild polio type 1. It causes mild or no symptoms in most people but in some people it can cause paralysis or death. Symptoms which can be mild and flu-like.
Polio is very contagious and a person can spread the virus even if they arent sick or experiencing symptoms. Polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus. The polio vaccine developed by Dr.
About 16000 cases of polio paralytic poliomyelitis occurred each year in the US. The polio virus lives in an infected persons throat and intestines. Salk and colleagues is licensed in the US.
People carrying the poliovirus including those without symptoms can spread the highly contagious virus for weeks in their. Polio or poliomyelitis is a disabling and potentially deadly disease. Polio poliomyelitis is a disease caused by poliovirus.
Polio is an infection caused by the poliovirus. Polio virus illustration. Polio poliomyelitis is a highly contagious viral infection caused by a type of enterovirus.
Each virus particle is composed of a protein coat around a core containing RNA genetic material. The most recent outbreak of polio cases took place between Pakistan and Afghanistan. This virus infects children and causes the disease poliomyelitis or.
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