Polio

We can thank the creation of the polio vaccine or more accurately polio vaccines for. This is a MedPage Today story.

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Before a polio vaccine became available several polio epidemics had occurred between 1948 and 1955.

. Respiratory and oral-to-oral transmission through saliva may also occur. The polio virus lives in an infected persons throat and intestines. Polio is a highly infectious devastating virus that can cause paralysis.

Polio is very contagious and a person can spread the virus even if they arent sick or experiencing symptoms. Polio can be prevented with vaccine. It is caused by the poliovirus.

The polio virus enters the body through the mouth usually from hands contaminated with the stool of an infected person. Polio is a life-threatening disease that is highly contagious. Symptoms which can be mild and flu-like.

The first case of polio reported in the US. Since 2000 the only polio vaccine used in the US. Polio virus illustration.

Is inactivated polio vaccine IPV. More than 35000 people became. Inactivated polio vaccine IPV is the only polio.

Many people avoided crowds and public gatherings such as fairs sports games and swimming pools during this time due to concern about getting polio. In nearly a decade was detected in New York state health officials said Thursday. Polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus.

This vaccine is given as a shot in the arm or leg is very safe and protects against severe disease including paralysis. 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. People carrying the poliovirus including those without symptoms can spread the highly contagious virus for weeks in their.

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. Inactivated polio vaccine IPV may sometimes be given in the same shot with other vaccines also called combination vaccines. Ad While there are still some parts of the world that are considered a higher risk for.

It invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours. The virus struck fear into parents hearts in the 1940s before vaccines were available. Busting common myths about vaccines 0520.

Polio or poliomyelitis is a crippling and potentially deadly disease. The virus can spread from person to person and people can pass it to others even if. Each virus particle is composed of a protein coat around a core containing RNA genetic material.

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This virus infects children and causes the disease poliomyelitis or. 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.

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