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Polio and Post-Polio Syndrome |
Infantile Paralysis; Paralysis, Infantile |
? Poliovirus Virus classification Group: Group IV ((+)ssRNA) Family: Picornaviridae Genus: Enterovirus Species: Poliovirus Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is a viral paralytic disease. The causative agent, a virus called poliovirus (PV), enters the body orally, infecting the intestinal wall. It may proceed to the blood stream and into the central nervous system causing muscle weakness and often paralysis. An ancient disease, it was first rec ...
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Polio and Post-Polio Syndrome Organizations
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.cancer.gov/
- University of Utah, Health Sciences Center
- World Health Organization http://www.who.int/
- National Immunization Program
- Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network
- National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
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