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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.
– What is polio? Polio is a life-threatening disease caused by the poliovirus. High temperature. Extreme fatigue. ... it can be life-threatening if it paralyses the muscles needed for breathing.
The highly-contagious and potentially life-threatening disease is most commonly spread person-to-person “via the fecal-oral route,” Dr. Ashley Lipps, an infectious diseases physician at the ...
Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a disabling and life-threatening disease caused by the poliovirus. The polio virus spreads from person to person and can infect a person’s spinal cord, causing ...
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 ...
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.
Polio, which was officially eradicated in the UK in 2003, can cause paralysis in rare cases and can be life-threatening. ... If the breathing muscles are affected, polio can be life-threatening.
Poliovirus, the causative agent of polio (also known as poliomyelitis), is a serotype of the species Enterovirus C, in the family of Picornaviridae. [1] There are three poliovirus serotypes, numbered 1, 2, and 3.