Polio

People carrying the poliovirus including those without symptoms can spread the highly contagious virus for weeks in their. The virus is transmitted by person-to-person spread mainly through the faecal-oral route or less frequently by a common vehicle for example contaminated water or food and multiplies in the intestine.

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Inactivated polio vaccine IPV is the only polio.

. CNN A person from Rockland County New York has been diagnosed with polio the first case identified in the United States in nearly a decade. Polio or poliomyelitis is a crippling and potentially deadly disease. Busting common myths about vaccines 0520.

Polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus. It is caused by the poliovirus. It invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours.

The virus spreads from person to person and can invade an infected persons brain and spinal cord causing paralysis cant move parts of the body. Polio is a life-threatening disease that is highly contagious. Polio can be prevented with vaccine.

However this is the first time that a genetically-linked cluster has been found repeatedly. Many people avoided crowds and public gatherings such as fairs sports games and swimming pools during this time due to concern about getting polio. In nearly a decade was detected in New York state health officials said Thursday.

Stopped using the oral polio vaccine OPV in 2000 and instead uses the inactivated polio vaccine IPV which does not contain. The first case of polio reported in the US. A tiny number of samples of the polio virus are detected each year in the UK during sewage surveillance.

Ad While there are still some parts of the world that are considered a higher risk for. The polio virus lives in an infected persons throat and intestines. Polio virus illustration.

The first known US case of polio in nearly a decade was contracted by an unvaccinated 20-year-old man in Rockland County who had recently traveled to Poland and Hungary health officials said. This virus infects children and causes the disease poliomyelitis or. Some parents wouldnt let their children play with new friends and regularly.

This is a MedPage Today story. The virus can spread from person to person and people can pass it to others even if. Each virus particle is composed of a protein coat around a core containing RNA genetic material.

Before a polio vaccine became available several polio epidemics had occurred between 1948 and 1955. We can thank the creation of the polio vaccine or more accurately polio vaccines for.

Memories Of Polio