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? 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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Resources
- Análise dos Efeitos Tardios da Poliomielite (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network) - Portuguese language material
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Poliomyelitis (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Postpoliomyelitis Syndrome (National Institutes of Health)
- Effets Tardifs de la Polio: Une Vue D'Ensemble (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network) - French language material
- El Síndrome de la Pospoliomielitis (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Global Polio Eradication Initiative Newsletter (World Health Organization)
- Information about the Late Effects of Polio (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network)
- Late Effects of Polio: An Overview (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Oral Polio Vaccine and HIV / AIDS (National Immunization Program)
- Polio (Nemours Foundation)
- Polio and Post-Polio Syndrome (Medline Plus)
- Polio and Post-Polio Syndrome (National Institutes of Health)
- Polio Vaccines: What You Need to Know (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Links to PDF File (National Immunization Program Resource Center, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Polio: Risk Factors for Infection (World Health Organization)
- Polio: The Disease and Virus (World Health Organization)
- Poliomyelitis (Polio) (University of Utah, Health Sciences Center)
- Poliomyelitis: Health Information for International Travel (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Post-Polio Directory--2004: Clinics, USA (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network)
- Post-Polio Directory--2004: Health Professionals, USA (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network)
- Post-Polio Directory--2004: Support Groups, USA (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network)
- Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network
- Post-Polio Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Post-Polio Syndrome (MayoClinic)
- Post-polio syndrome (PPS) (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Simian Virus 40 (SV40), Polio Vaccine, and Cancer (National Immunization Program)
- Social Security in USA (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network)
- Spätfolgen von Kinderlähmung (Poliomyelitis): Eine Übersicht (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network) - German language materials
- Statement about Exercise for Survivors of Polio (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network)
- World Health Organization
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