Polio

Polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus. The polio virus enters the body through the mouth usually from hands contaminated with the stool of an infected person.

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Polio poliomyelitis is a disease caused by poliovirus.

. This is a MedPage Today story. It invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours. Ad Find information on chronic and acute pain its causes symptoms and recovery period.

The most recent outbreak of polio cases took place between Pakistan and Afghanistan. In the United States polio has been brought into the country. People carrying the poliovirus including those without symptoms can spread the highly contagious virus for weeks in their.

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. Some parents wouldnt let their children play with new friends and regularly. Before a polio vaccine became available several polio epidemics had occurred between 1948 and 1955.

It causes mild or no symptoms in most people but in some people it can cause paralysis or death. This virus infects children and causes the disease poliomyelitis or. There are three variations of poliovirus called wild poliovirus type 1 2 and 3 WPV1 WPV2 and WPV3.

The polio virus lives in an infected persons throat and intestines. Thanks to the polio vaccine weve come close to ending polio but it continues to threaten communities in parts of the globe. Polio virus illustration.

Polio can be prevented with vaccine. Ad Polio is a health condition thats a lot less common today than a few decades ago and in. Polio or poliomyelitis is a crippling and potentially deadly disease.

Polio is very contagious and a person can spread the virus even if they arent sick or experiencing symptoms. Many people avoided crowds and public gatherings such as fairs sports games and swimming pools during this time due to concern about getting polio. Find Information on Diseases Conditions Sports Injury Personal Injury.

Wild polio types 2 and 3 have been eradicated no longer exist and wild polio type 1. Polio used to be common in the United States. Each virus particle is composed of a protein coat around a core containing RNA genetic material.

Before the polio vaccine the disease killed thousands of people and paralyzed about 15000 each year. The first case of polio reported in the US. It is caused by the poliovirus.

Symptoms which can be mild and flu-like. Inactivated polio vaccine IPV is the only polio. The virus spreads from person to person and can invade an infected persons brain and spinal cord causing paralysis cant move parts of the body.

Respiratory and oral-to-oral transmission through saliva may also occur. In nearly a decade was detected in New York state health officials said Thursday.

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