Polio (redirect from Poliomyelitis, paralytic)
Poliomyelitis (/ˌpoʊlioʊˌmaɪəˈlaɪtɪs/ POH-lee-oh-MY-ə-LY-tiss), commonly shortened to polio, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. Approximately...
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Polio vaccine (redirect from Poliomyelitis vaccines)
Polio vaccines are vaccines used to prevent poliomyelitis (polio). Two types are used: an inactivated poliovirus given by injection (IPV) and a weakened...
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History of polio (redirect from History of poliomyelitis)
vaccines has eliminated wild poliomyelitis in all but two countries (Afghanistan and Pakistan), the legacy of poliomyelitis remains in the development of...
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Polio eradication (redirect from Poliomyelitis in 2005)
cessation of circulation of the poliovirus and hence elimination of the poliomyelitis (polio) it causes, is the aim of a multinational public health effort...
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Polio in Pakistan (redirect from Poliomyelitis in Pakistan)
Pakistan is one of the two remaining countries in the world where poliomyelitis (polio) is still categorized as an endemic viral infection, the other...
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List of polio survivors (redirect from List of poliomyelitis survivors)
Poliomyelitis (often simply called polio) is an acute viral infection that involves the gastrointestinal tract and occasionally the central nervous system...
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was consistent with poliomyelitis... If Lovett had discovered a low white blood cell count, he would have doubted that poliomyelitis was the cause of Roosevelt's...
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Action Medical Research (redirect from National Fund for Poliomyelitis Research)
this vital research possible. Founded in 1952 as the National Fund for Poliomyelitis Research by Duncan Guthrie, the charity's original aim was the eradication...
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ATC code J07 (section J07BF Poliomyelitis vaccines)
attenuated J07BF01 Poliomyelitis oral, monovalent live attenuated J07BF02 Poliomyelitis oral, trivalent, live attenuated J07BF03 Poliomyelitis, trivalent, inactivated...
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enterocolitis neonatal conjunctivitis parainfluenza (PIV) infection pertussis poliomyelitis prenatal Listeria Group B streptoccus infection Tay–Sachs disease tetanus...
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and to maximize sensitivity so that every poliomyelitis case is detected, in 2005, the Global Poliomyelitis Eradication Initiative adapted AFP as a surveillance...
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to: Poliovirus, the virus that causes poliomyelitis Post-polio syndrome, long term complication of poliomyelitis Polio vaccine, a vaccine that induces...
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Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1954 for showing how to cultivate poliomyelitis viruses in a test tube, using a combination of human embryonic skin...
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Poliovirus, the causative agent of polio (also known as poliomyelitis), is a serotype of the species Enterovirus C, in the family of Picornaviridae. There...
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ruminants. There are four ongoing programs, targeting the human diseases poliomyelitis (polio), yaws, dracunculiasis (Guinea worm), and malaria. Five more...
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Herpesviral meningitis Ramsay Hunt syndrome type 2 Myelitis Poliovirus Poliomyelitis Post-polio syndrome HTLV-I Tropical spastic paraparesis Eye Cytomegalovirus...
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Global Certification Commission (redirect from Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis)
created the Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis (commonly known as the Global Certification Commission or GCC) in 1995...
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the life of a 10-year-old boy from New Deer, Aberdeenshire who had poliomyelitis. Despite this success, Henderson was reprimanded for secretly using...
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systemic diseases including hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, poliomyelitis, human papillomavirus (HPV) and herpes simplex virus; parasites including...
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Post-polio syndrome (PPS, poliomyelitis sequelae) is a group of latent symptoms of poliomyelitis (polio), occurring at about a 25–40% rate (latest data...
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spinal cord. Anterior horn diseases include spinal muscular atrophy, poliomyelitis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Brazis, Paul W.; Masdeu, Joseph C...
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mortality rates increased significantly. Smallpox, typhus, plague, poliomyelitis, and diphtheria were eradicated by 1981. The Mongolian Red Cross Society...
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Asymptomatic carrier (section Poliomyelitis)
known as convalescent carriers. Viral diseases such as hepatitis and poliomyelitis are frequently transmitted in this manner. "Healthy carriers" never...
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her classmate Julien (one of whose legs is congenitally paralysed by poliomyelitis) in a barn of the house where he lives with his parents. She is instructed...
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myelitis: a polio-like syndrome that causes muscle weakness and paralysis. Poliomyelitis: disease caused by viral infection in the gray matter with symptoms...
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HIV/AIDS have increased fourfold. Childhood diseases include pertussis, poliomyelitis, diphtheria, measles and tetanus. Children also make up a large percentage...
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may not be painful, thus often become infected. Those who have had poliomyelitis are also prone because of circulatory problems, especially in the legs...
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secondary scoliosis include muscular dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy, poliomyelitis, cerebral palsy, spinal cord trauma, and myotonia. Scoliosis often presents...
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Health in Afghanistan (section Poliomyelitis)
Health in Afghanistan remains poor but steadily improving. It has been negatively affected by the nation's environmental issues and the decades of war...
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was heavily involved in production and distribution of Jonas Salk's poliomyelitis (polio) vaccine. In 1954, the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis...
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