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Polo disease is likely where you can't stop playing Marco Polo and.. oh, Polio? Ah, well, that's a bit different. Poliomyelitis, usually known as Polio, is a very dangerous disease caused by a virus. It can paralyze a person within a few...
Acute poliomyelitis (polio) is caused by poliovirus, a small (RNA) virus from the family of viruses called picornaviridae, it's an enterovirus. If a swimming pool, or other body of water is contaminated with it (which is extremely uncommon ...
The last cases of naturally occurring paralytic polio in the United States were in 1979, when an outbreak occurred among the Amish in several Midwestern states. From 1980 through 1999, there were 152 confirmed cases of paralytic polio cases...
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･ Polio, whose actual name is poliomyelitis, is a highly infectious disease that causes the muscles to... ･ The iron lung was designed by Harvard University faculty member Dr. Philip Drinker, with the help of... ･ The iron lung was construc...
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･ According to the UNICEF-sponsored Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), polio is caused by a virus... ･ The polio virus enters the human body through the mouth and develops in the intestines, causing symptoms... ･ Before the symptom...
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Yes it can. Polio can paralyze your respiratory system. This mean you can't breathe because the respiratory muscles are paralyzed. Can't breathe you die. In the old days, patients would live in iron lung machines. The machine would expand t...
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It was discovered by Egyptians. Polio Vaccine was invented by Albert Sabin. The history of poliomyelitis (polio) infections extends into prehistory. Although major polio epidemics were unknown before the 20th century, the disease has caused...
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Where there are poor socio-economic circumstances and poor sanitation and hygiene, the virus is potentially present year-round. If polio is endemic, people can acquire a natural immunity since they are exposed to it as children, often get...
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All travellers are recommended to be up-to-date with the UK immunisation schedule which includes vaccination against tetanus, diphtheria and polio.
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In up to 95% of cases, infection with polio virus is sub-clinical. Clinical symptoms typical of infection with polio are:･ Fever ･ Headache ･ Sore throat ･ Vomiting ･ Muscle weakness ･ Muscle paralysis ･ Difficulty swallowing ...
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