- (/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...
- 2024) was an
American paralytic polio survivor,
lawyer and writer. The last man to live in an iron lung, he
contracted polio in 1952 at the age of six. Alexander...
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Polio eradication, the
permanent global cessation of
circulation of the
poliovirus and
hence elimination of the
poliomyelitis (
polio) it causes, is the...
- 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...
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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...
- person's ability. Need for this
treatment may
result from
diseases including polio and
botulism and
certain poisons (for example, barbiturates, 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...
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virologist and
medical researcher who
developed one of the
first successful polio vaccines. He was born in New York City and
attended the City
College of...
