Polio

Ad Single place to edit collaborate store search and audit PDF documents. 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.

Surviving The Polio Epidemic Hoping My Story Will Inspire Others To Aid Rotary S Worldwide Eradication Campaign

People carrying the poliovirus including those without symptoms can spread the highly contagious virus for weeks in their.

. Inactivated polio vaccine IPV is the only polio. It causes mild or no symptoms in most people but in some people it can cause paralysis or death. The first case of polio reported in the US.

The polio virus lives in an infected persons throat and intestines. Polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus. In nearly a decade was detected in New York state health officials said Thursday.

Thanks to the polio vaccine weve come close to ending polio but it continues to threaten communities in parts of the globe. It is caused by the poliovirus. Polio virus illustration.

This virus infects children and causes the disease poliomyelitis or. Before a polio vaccine became available several polio epidemics had occurred between 1948 and 1955. This is a MedPage Today story.

Respiratory and oral-to-oral transmission through saliva may also occur. Each virus particle is composed of a protein coat around a core containing RNA genetic material. Polio poliomyelitis is a disease caused by poliovirus.

Power your next discovery with top quality products and technologies from SigmaAldrich. The polio virus enters the body through the mouth usually from hands contaminated with the stool of an infected person. Polio can be prevented with vaccine.

Some parents wouldnt let their children play with new friends and regularly. There are three variations of poliovirus called wild poliovirus type 1 2 and 3 WPV1 WPV2 and WPV3. It invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours.

Before the polio vaccine the disease killed thousands of people and paralyzed about 15000 each year. Polio is very contagious and a person can spread the virus even if they arent sick or experiencing symptoms. Polio or poliomyelitis is a crippling and potentially deadly disease.

In the United States polio has been brought into the country. Wild polio types 2 and 3 have been eradicated no longer exist and wild polio type 1. Symptoms which can be mild and flu-like.

Many people avoided crowds and public gatherings such as fairs sports games and swimming pools during this time due to concern about getting 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. We can thank the creation of the polio vaccine or more accurately polio vaccines for.

Ad While there are still some parts of the world that are considered a higher risk for. Upload Edit Sign PDF Documents from any device. Polio used to be common in the United States.

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