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A health care worker giving a polio vaccine to a child in Katsina state, Nigeria, 2014.
polio
pathology
Also known as: Heine-Medin disease, acute anterior poliomyelitis, infantile paralysis, poliomyelitis
- In full:
- poliomyelitis
- Also called:
- infantile paralysis
- Key People:
- Elizabeth Kenny
- Jonas Salk
- Albert Bruce Sabin
News •
Pakistan begins last anti-polio vaccination campaign of the year after a surge in cases
• Dec. 16, 2024, 5:18 AM ET (AP)
Trump nominees should ‘steer clear’ of undermining polio vaccine, McConnell says
• Dec. 14, 2024, 4:53 PM ET (AP)
polio, acute viral infectious disease of the nervous system that usually begins with general symptoms such as fever, headache, nausea, fatigue, and muscle pains and spasms and is sometimes followed by a more serious and permanent paralysis of muscles in one or more limbs, the throat, or the chest. The paralysis commonly associated with polio actually affects fewer than 1 percent of infected persons. For those who become infected, there is no cure; however, between 5 and 10 percent of infected persons display only the general symptoms outlined above, and more than 90 percent show no signs of illness at ...(100 of 3441 words)