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  2. Polio - Wikipedia

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    Poliomyelitis (/ ˌ p oʊ l i oʊ ˌ m aɪ ə ˈ l aɪ t ɪ s / POH-lee-oh-MY-ə-LY-tiss), commonly shortened to polio, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. [1] Approximately 75% of cases are asymptomatic; [5] mild symptoms which can occur include sore throat and fever; in a proportion of cases more severe symptoms develop such as headache, neck stiffness, and paresthesia.

  3. Polio is a deadly disease with a vaccine that RFK Jr.’s ...

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    The polio vaccine has all but obliterated the illness that once killed thousands and paralyzed 15,000 people nationwide every year. Polio is a deadly disease with a vaccine that RFK Jr.’s ...

  4. Polio eradication - Wikipedia

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    A child receives oral polio vaccine during a 2002 campaign to immunize children in India. Poliovirus. Polio eradication, the goal of permanent global cessation of circulation of the poliovirus and hence elimination of the poliomyelitis (polio) it causes, is the aim of a multinational public health effort begun in 1988, led by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children's ...

  5. List of polio survivors - Wikipedia

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    Author whose work includes essays and memoirs on the subject of disability. He caught polio, aged eleven, which left him without the use of his legs. [69] Peter Levi: 1931–2000 After battling polio as a teenager, [70] Levi went on to become—among other things—a professor of poetry at Oxford, a Jesuit priest, and the author of over 40 books.

  6. Post-polio syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Post-polio syndrome (PPS, poliomyelitis sequelae) is a group of latent symptoms of poliomyelitis (polio), occurring at about a 25–40% rate (latest data greater than 80%). They are caused by the damaging effects of the viral infection on the nervous system and typically occur 15 to 30 years after an initial acute paralytic attack.

  7. Oral polio vaccine AIDS hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    The second vaccine, an oral polio vaccine (OPV), is a live-attenuated vaccine, produced by the passage of the virus through non-human cells at a sub-physiological temperature. The passage of virus produces mutations within the viral genome, and hinders the virus's ability to infect nervous tissue. [6]

  8. Pulse Polio - Wikipedia

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    Pulse Polio is an immunisation campaign established by the government of India to eliminate poliomyelitis (polio) in India by vaccinating all children under the age of five years against the polio virus. The project fights polio through a large-scale, pulse vaccination programme and monitoring for poliomyelitis cases. [citation needed]

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    They are the best climbers of all felines, and though they look like leopards, researchers have determined that they are not “true” leopards, which belong to the “panthera” genus, but ...