Where can you get polio?

Answer 1

Polio short for Poliomyelitis. The cause for Polio is by infection with a member of the genus Enterovirus known as Poliovirus. There are vaccines to help prevent this virus.

you also can be born with this disease.

Answer 2

Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an acute viral infectious disease spread from person to person, primarily via the fecal-oral route. Therefore it is extremely important to wash your hands after using the toilet.

Answer 3

How Do You Get Polio? -- An Overview

Polio is a highly contagious illness that can spread easily from person to person. In fact, when a person is infected with polio, it is expected that polio transmission among susceptible household contacts will occur in nearly 100 percent of children and over 90 percent of adults. Polio is also known as:

• Poliomyelitis
• Infantile paralysis
• Polio disease.

When a person is infected with poliovirus, the virus resides in the intestinal tract and mucus in the nose and throat. Poliovirus transmission most often occurs through contact with stool of this infected person (known as fecal-oral transmission). Less frequently, polio transmission can occur through contact with infected respiratory secretions or saliva (oral-oral transmission).

Answer 4

Polio is very close to being eradicated. Nigeria is one of the few places where there is a danger of contracting polio.

Answer 5

Polio can be contracted by contact with a person infected with polio.

Answer 6

You can get polio from these things....

• person to person contact
• infected mucus
• infected feces

Answer 7

Polio is caused by a virus. There is no cure for polio.