Polio

A retrospective analysis of. It is caused by the poliovirus.

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Symptoms which can be mild and flu-like.

. This virus infects children and causes the disease poliomyelitis or. 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. Polio Case Definition and Diagnosis.

Clin Infect Dis 2022 published online Feb 9 View at Clin Infect Dis. Before the polio vaccine the disease killed thousands of people and paralyzed about 15000 each year. Consider polio in patients who have unexplained AFP.

It invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours. Paralysis usually begins in. 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. In the United States polio has been brought into the country. Poliomyelitis polio is a highly infectious viral disease that largely affects children under 5 years of age.

The polio virus enters the body through the mouth usually from hands contaminated with the stool of an infected person. Polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus. Polio is extremely rare in the United States and many other countries because most people have gotten vaccinated.

Post-polio syndrome PPS is a non-contagious condition that can affect polio survivors usually 15 to 40 years after recovery from polio. In many places polio vaccination is standard for childrens healthcare and often required for kids to attend school. Before a polio vaccine became available several polio epidemics had occurred between 1948 and 1955.

Only a polio survivor can develop PPS it is not contagious. Until everyone gets vaccinated there is a. Polio or poliomyelitis is an infectious viral disease that can strike at any age and affects a persons nervous system.

Polio is very contagious and a person can spread the virus even if they arent sick or experiencing symptoms. Polio can be prevented with vaccine. Risk factors for the spread of vaccine-derived type 2 polioviruses after global withdrawal of trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine and the effects of outbreak responses with monovalent vaccine.

The virus is transmitted by person-to-person spread mainly through the faecal-oral route or less frequently by a common vehicle eg. Polio virus illustration. Respiratory and oral-to-oral transmission through saliva may also occur.

Many people avoided crowds and public gatherings such as fairs sports games and swimming pools during this time due to concern about getting polio. Polio or poliomyelitis is a crippling and potentially deadly disease. But polio remains a problem in small pockets of the world.

Cooper LV Bandyopadhyay AS Gumede N et al. Ad Polio used to be one of the feared medical conditions of its time back in the 40s and 50s. Thanks to the polio vaccine weve come close to ending polio but it continues to threaten communities in parts of the globe.

Each virus particle is composed of a protein coat around a core containing RNA genetic material. Contaminated water or food and multiplies in the intestine from where it can invade the nervous system and cause paralysis. A probable case of polio is defined as an acute onset of flaccid paralysis of one or more limbs with decreased or absent tendon reflexes in the affected limbs without other apparent cause and without sensory or cognitive loss.

Post-polio syndrome is a health condition which can affect you if youve ever had polio. Polio used to be common in the United States. Inactivated polio vaccine IPV is the only polio.

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