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That is unknown. When it was an acute illness and millions were dying from it, it was thought that it only affected some people like a cold. Vaccination has gotten rid of it in all except Muslim countries.
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What has the author James Alexander Harrison written?
James Alexander Harrison has written: 'Immunologic studies in poliomyelitis' -- subject(s): Immune response, Immunological aspects, Immunological aspects of Poliomyelitis, Poliomyelitis, Poliovirus, Serodiagnosis
What protects body from poliomyelitis?
Most people get the polio vaccine.
Is polio and poliomyelitis the same thing?
Yes it is. Poliomyelitis is the scientific name for polio. Is poliomyelitis the same thing as polio?
Which virus causes poliomyelitis?
Polio virus causes poliomyelitis.
How may poliomyelitis be said to have been a commonly occurring disease?
As time passed, the number of cases and people crippled by the infection rose. By 1952, more than 21,000 people in the United States were paralyzed after a bout of poliomyelitis.
What is a poliomyelitis antigen?
Poliomyelitis antigen is a complex compound on the surface of the virus.
Is poliomyelitis gentetic?
No.
How do you divide poliomyelitis into its component word parts?
Poliomyelitis: polio comes from the virus called (poliovirus 1.2.3), myelitis is the inflamation of the myelin. But in this particular case of poliomyelitis we consider 'active infectious inflamation of the myelin in the anterior horn cell of the spinal cord.
How was poliomyelitis spread?
It Cant !
Which term describes a viral infection of the gray matter of the spinal cord that may reslut in paralysis?
Poliomyelitis
What vaccine did Dr.salk pioneer?
Poliomyelitis
What is can be prevented by oral vaccines?
poliomyelitis
