Polio

This is a MedPage Today story. Before a polio vaccine became available several polio epidemics had occurred between 1948 and 1955.

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The polio virus lives in an infected persons throat and intestines.

. This virus infects children and causes the disease. Many people avoided crowds and public gatherings such as fairs. The most recent outbreak of polio cases took place between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Polio or poliomyelitis is a crippling and potentially deadly disease. Each virus particle is composed of a protein coat around a core containing RNA genetic material. The polio virus enters the body through the mouth usually from.

Polio virus illustration. Before the polio vaccine the disease killed thousands of people and paralyzed about 15000 each year. Ad Polio is a health condition thats a lot less common today than a few decades ago and in.

Polio used to be common in the United States. It is caused by the poliovirus. It had been nearly 10.

It invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours. Polio is very contagious and a person can spread the virus even if they arent sick or experiencing symptoms. Contacto con moco o flema infectados.

Contacto directo de persona a persona. In nearly a decade was detected in New York state health officials said Thursday. The virus spreads from person to person and can invade an infected persons brain and spinal.

Thanks to the polio vaccine weve. La polio es una enfermedad causada por una infección con el poliovirus. The virus is transmitted by person-to-person.

Consider polio in patients with polio-like symptoms especially if the person is unvaccinated incompletely vaccinated recently traveled abroad to a place where polio still. El virus se propaga por. The first case of polio reported in the US.

People carrying the poliovirus including those without symptoms can spread the highly contagious virus for. Polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus.

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