Poliomyelitis (Polio)
What is poliomyelitis?
Poliomyelitis, also called polio, is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by three types of poliovirus.
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POLIOMYELITIS
Poliomyelitis, or infantile paralysis, is a highly infectious disease caused by three serotypes of polioviruses. These viruses belong to the Enterovirsus genus of the family Picornaviridae.
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Poliomyelitis
Alternate Names : Polio, Infantile paralysis, Post-polio syndrome
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Poliomyelitis, Acute
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Definition of medical terminology for Poliomyelitis, Acute.
Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. The virus spreads by direct person-to-person contact, by contact with infected mucus or phlegm from the nose or mouth, or by contact with infected feces.
The incidence of poliomyelitis declined radically in the United States when a mass immunization program with the Salk vaccine was begun in 1955.
The major illness is called acute anterior poliomyelitis, infantile paralysis and Heine Medin disease. The disease is now largely controlled by vaccines.
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Poliomyelitis
Poliomyelitis, more commonly known as polio, is a disorder caused by a virus and marked by potentially paralyzing nerve-related damage, which can be fatal.
Acute poliomyelitis and vaccination
Virtual eradication of poliomyelitis worldwide has been achieved by routine vaccination programmes of the whole population initiated in childhood.
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Postpoliomyelitis Syndrome
An estimated 20 to 40% of patients who initially recover from poliomyelitis later develop post-polio syndrome (PPS).
Major poliomyelitis (also called paralytic and nonparalytic polio) is a more severe illness that develops approximately 7 to 14 days after exposure to the virus. Symptoms include fever, severe headache, stiff neck and back, and deep muscle pain.
1) Asymptomatic infection: viral infection not causing any symptoms - 90% of cases.
2) Abortive poliomyelitis: minor illness. Non-specific symptoms due to a viral illness such as fever, malaise, headache, sore throat.Occurs in 5%.
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plima lats noun an infection of the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord caused by a virus which attacks ...
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Poliomyelitis (polio) is an illness caused by the polio virus. The virus first infects the gut, but then travels to the nervous system and can cause a meningitis-like illness. This may damage some nerves.
Poliomyelitis. "polio" was first used: 1931. [Webster]
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Polio (poliomyelitis)
Polio is a very contagious illness that has almost been wiped out because of the efforts of the medical community.
Poliomyelitis or polio is a acute viral infectious disease. It is spread through crowding, unclean conditions, and improper sanitation of waste fluids.
Poliomyelitis is a viral infection that can lead to paralysis of the arms, legs or the diaphragm (which controls breathing).
Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by three types of polio virus. The virus attacks the entire body, causing severe damage to the nervous system that can result in paralysis.
Poliomyelitis is an acute viral infection that involves the gastrointestinal tract and occasionally the central nervous system. The polio vaccine, available in 2 forms, immunises you against the polio virus.
Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an acute viral infectious disease spread from person to person, primarily via the fecal-oral route. The term derives from the Greek poliós (ποÎ"ιός), meaning "grey",...
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Poliomyelitis surveillance textbook chapter
Provides guidelines for those directly involved in surveillance especially personnel at the local health departments (Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases).
Poliomyelitis (polio) is viral infection. It is very contagious. The infection can lead to paralysis.
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Poliomyelitis - Poliomyelitis (polio) is caused by a virus that can lead to permanent paralysis.
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Review Date:9/25/2006
Reviewed By: Charlotte Grayson, MD, Private Practice specializing in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease, Smyrna, GA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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CAUSES"Poliomyelitis means "gray marrow," and is inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord. The condition is not confined to infancy, nor is paralysis always involved.
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Polio, short for poliomyelitis, is a disease that can damage the nervous system and cause paralysis. Since polio immunization has become widespread in the United States, cases of polio are rare.
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Infantile paralysis (polio): Infantile paralysis is an old synonym for poliomyelitis, an acute and sometimes devastating viral disease. Man is the only natural host for poliovirus.
Post-polio syndrome (PPS) is a condition that affects polio survivors anywhere from 10 to 40 years after recovery from an initial paralytic attack of the poliomyelitis virus.
The severity of residual weakness and disability after acute poliomyelitis tends to predict the development of post-polio syndrome.
6- Proportion of under-1 population immunized against poliomyelitis
Definition: The number of children who, on completing their first year of life, have received three doses of live oral poliomyelitis vaccine (OPV), ...
Polio (also called poliomyelitis) is a contagious, historically devastating disease that was virtually eliminated from the Western hemisphere in the second half of the 20th century.
(1) 'postinfectious neuromyasthenia', going back to an atypical 'poliomyelitis' epidemic in 1934; (2) 'chronic Epstein-Barr virus' infection, ...
Structural scoliosis can be caused by neuromuscular diseases (such as cerebral palsy, poliomyelitis, or muscular dystrophy), birth defects (such as hemivertebra, in which one side of a vertebra fails to form normally before birth), injury, ...
Polio, also known as poliomyelitis, is caused by a highly infectious virus. For most people, polio is a mild illness and causes flu-like symptoms. However, polio can be potentially fatal.
Medical history: When asking patients about their past medical history, a clinician should ask about disorders that used to be more common (eg, rheumatic fever, poliomyelitis) and about outdated treatments (eg, pneumothorax therapy for TB, ...
The most famous violin player in the world, Yitzhak Perlman, has paraplegia due to a type of very serious and rare illness that affects the brain and/or spinal cord, known as poliomyelitis. The famous U.S. president, Franklin D.
Vaccination: Vaccination has resulted in the eradication of smallpox; elimination of poliomyelitis in the Americas; and control of measles, rubella, tetanus, diphtheria, Haemophilus influenzae type b, ...
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A small number of people who contract poliovirus develop nonparalytic polio — a type of polio that doesn't lead to paralysis (abortive poliomyelitis).
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The medical name for this disease is acute anterior poliomyelitis (Gr. iroXcos, grey, and µucXos, marrow), because the anterior grey matter of the spinal cord is the seat of acute inflammation, ...
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and Guillain-Barre syndrome, which is characterized by ascending paralysis, sensory abnormalities, and elevation of the protein concentration in cerebrospinal fluid. Other conditions resembling botulism are Lambert-Eaton syndrome, poliomyelitis, ...
The virus replicates in the nervous system, and may cause significant neuronal loss, most notably in the spinal cord. A rare related condition, nonpoliovirus poliomyelitis, may result from infections with nonpoliovirus enteroviruses.
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