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  2. Polio - Wikipedia

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    The critical nerves affected are the phrenic nerve (which drives the diaphragm to inflate the lungs) and those that drive the muscles needed for swallowing. By destroying these nerves, this form of polio affects breathing, making it difficult or impossible for the patient to breathe without the support of a ventilator. It can lead to paralysis ...

  3. Polioencephalitis - Wikipedia

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    Polioencephalitis is a viral infection of the brain, causing inflammation within the grey matter of the brain stem. [1] The virus has an affinity for neuronal cell bodies and has been found to affect mostly the midbrain, pons, medulla and cerebellum of most infected patients.

  4. Poliovirus - Wikipedia

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    The distinct speciation of poliovirus probably occurred as a result of a change in cellular receptor specificity from intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) (used by C-cluster Coxsackie A viruses) to CD155, leading to a change in pathogenicity and allowing the virus to infect nerve tissue. The mutation rate in the virus is relatively high ...

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    A virus that affects nerves in the spinal cord or brain stem causes polio. A young girl using an abacus in a bed at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, circa 1950. Douglas Grundy ...

  6. As polio reemerges in New York, here’s what to know about ...

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    A few could contract meningitis if the polio virus attacks the covering of the spinal cord or brain. Polio is fatal for 2%-10% of those paralyzed or between 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 10,000 of those ...

  7. How worried should parents be about polio? Here’s what ...

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    Polio is “shorthand for poliomyelitis, a disease of the central nervous system caused by infection with poliovirus,” Dr. Richard Lloyd, professor of molecular virology and microbiology at ...

  8. List of antiviral drugs - Wikipedia

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    List of Antiviral Drugs Antiviral Use Manufacturer Component Type Year approved Abacavir: HIV: ViiV Healthcare: Nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) 1998 Acyclovir (Aciclovir) Herpes Simplex, chickenpox, [2] varicella zoster virus: GSK: guanosine analogue RTI 1981 Adefovir: Hepatitis B [3] Gilead Sciences RTI 2002 , 2003 ...

  9. Wasn't polio wiped out? Why it is still a problem in some ...

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    Polio is an infection caused by a virus that mostly affects children under 5. Most people infected with polio don’t have any symptoms, but it can cause fever, headaches, vomiting and stiffness ...