- (/ˌpoʊlioʊˌmaɪəˈlaɪtɪs/ POH-lee-oh-MY-ə-LY-tiss),
commonly shortened to
polio, is an
infectious disease caused by the poliovirus.
Approximately 75% of...
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Polio vaccines are
vaccines used to
prevent poliomyelitis (
polio). Two
types are used: an
inactivated poliovirus given by
injection (IPV) and a weakened...
- 1946 –
March 11, 2024) was an
American paralytic polio survivor,
lawyer and author. He
contracted polio in 1952 at the age of six and
spent the vast majority...
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Polio eradication, the goal of
permanent global cessation of
circulation of the
poliovirus and
hence elimination of the
poliomyelitis (
polio) it causes...
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Polio is the
common name of poliomyelitis, an
acute clinical disease caused by a poliovirus.
Polio (also
Polios) may also
refer to: Poliovirus, the virus...
- The
history of
polio (poliomyelitis)
infections began during prehistory.
Although major polio epidemics were
unknown before the 20th century, the disease...
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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...
- Post-
polio syndrome (PPS,
poliomyelitis sequelae) is a
group of
latent symptoms of
poliomyelitis (
polio),
occurring in more than 80% of
polio infections...
- person's ability. Need for this
treatment may
result from
diseases including polio and
botulism and
certain poisons (for example,
barbiturates and tubocurarine)...
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leading to the
development of
polio vaccines.
Although historical accounts continue to
refer to Roosevelt's case as
polio, the
diagnosis has been questioned...
