Polio

It is caused by the poliovirus. Polio virus illustration.

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Respiratory and oral-to-oral transmission through saliva may also occur.

. Polio is a life-threatening disease that is highly contagious. The most recent outbreak of polio cases took place between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Symptoms which can be mild and flu-like.

Polio can be prevented with vaccine. The virus can spread from person to person and people can pass it to others even if. Polio is a highly infectious devastating virus that can cause paralysis.

More than 35000 people became. Polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus. The first case of polio reported in the US.

People carrying the poliovirus including those without symptoms can spread the highly contagious virus for weeks in their. Ad Polio is a health condition thats a lot less common today than a few decades ago and in. 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.

In nearly a decade was detected in New York state health officials said Thursday. Each virus particle is composed of a protein coat around a core containing RNA genetic material. Busting common myths about vaccines 0520.

This virus infects children and causes the disease poliomyelitis or. Polio is very contagious and a person can spread the virus even if they arent sick or experiencing symptoms. The polio virus lives in an infected persons throat and intestines.

The first known US case of polio in nearly a decade was contracted by an unvaccinated 20-year-old man in Rockland County who had recently traveled to Poland and Hungary health officials said. Inactivated polio vaccine IPV is the only polio. Polio or poliomyelitis is a crippling and potentially deadly disease.

The polio virus enters the body through the mouth usually from hands contaminated with the stool of an infected person. This is a MedPage Today story. 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.

It invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours. CNN A person from Rockland County New York has been diagnosed with polio the first case identified in the United States in nearly a decade. The virus struck fear into parents hearts in the 1940s before vaccines were available.

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