Polio

Thanks to the polio vaccine weve come close to ending polio but it continues to threaten communities in parts of the globe. The most recent outbreak of polio cases took place between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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. Only healthcare workers with evidence of complete polio vaccination should attend to the. Contaminated water or food and multiplies in the intestine from where it. It is caused by the poliovirus.

Wild polio types 2 and 3 have been eradicated no longer exist and wild polio type 1. Polio or poliomyelitis is a crippling and potentially deadly disease. Polio is very contagious and a person can spread the virus even if they arent sick or experiencing symptoms.

Upload Edit Sign PDF Documents from any device. Polio used to be common in the United States. Before the polio vaccine the disease killed thousands of people and paralyzed about 15000 each year.

Ad Single place to edit collaborate store search and audit PDF documents. Inactivated polio vaccine IPV is the only polio. Polio poliomyelitis is a disease caused by poliovirus.

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. Many people avoided crowds and public gatherings such as fairs sports games and swimming pools during this time due to concern about getting polio. Polio or poliomyelitis is an infectious viral disease that can strike at any age and affects a persons nervous system.

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. The virus is transmitted by person-to-person spread mainly through the faecal-oral route or less frequently by a common vehicle eg. Polio is a serious and life-threatening disease the state health department said.

Polio can be prevented with vaccine. Symptoms which can be mild and flu-like. There are three variations of poliovirus called wild poliovirus type 1 2 and 3 WPV1 WPV2 and WPV3.

In the United States polio has been brought into the country. Before a polio vaccine became available several polio epidemics had occurred between 1948 and 1955. Polio virus illustration.

It causes mild or no symptoms in most people but in some people it can cause paralysis or death. Respiratory and oral-to-oral transmission through saliva may also occur. It invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours.

Only a polio survivor can develop PPS it is not contagious. Post-polio syndrome PPS is a non-contagious condition that can affect polio survivors usually 15 to 40 years after recovery from polio. The polio virus enters the body through the mouth usually from hands contaminated with the stool of an infected person.

It is highly contagious and can be spread by people who arent yet. This virus infects children and causes the disease poliomyelitis or. Polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus.

Each virus particle is composed of a protein coat around a core containing RNA genetic material. Poliomyelitis polio Poliomyelitis polio is a highly infectious viral disease that largely affects children under 5 years of age. Ad Polio is a health condition thats a lot less common today than a few decades ago and in.

Consider polio in patients with polio-like symptoms especially if the person is unvaccinated incompletely vaccinated recently traveled abroad to a place where polio still occurs or was exposed to a person who recently traveled to one of these areas.

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