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Poliomyelitis Introduction A terryfying communicable disease resulting in devastating paralysis, polio continues to be prevalent in much of the developing world. Poliomylitis is first known to have occurred nearly 6,000 years ago, as

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Poliomyelitis<br>
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Introduction A terryfying communicable disease resulting in devastating paralysis, polio continues to be prevalent in much of the developing world.
Poliomylitis is first known to have occurred nearly 6,000 years ago, as evidenced by the withered and deformed limbs of certain Egyptian mummies.
Polio was epidic in the United States and the world in the 20th century, especially in the 1040s to 1950s.
Poliomylitis is a highly infectious viral disease, which mostly affects young children, the virus is transmitted by person to person spread mainly through the fecal oral route.<br>
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Definition Is an acute infectious disease caused by any of the types of poliomyelitis virus which affects chiefly the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord and the medulla, cerebellum and midbrain.
Characterised by two febrile episodes, a minor and major illness separated by a remission of one or two days followed by varying degrees of muscle weakness or occasionally a progressive paralysis.<br>