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The global eradication of poliomyelitis is a public health effort to eliminate all cases of poliomyelitis (polio) infection around the world. The global effort, begun in 1988 and led by the World Health Organization, UNICEF and The Rotary Foundation, has reduced the number of annual diagnosed cases from the hundreds of thousands to around a thousand.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 15y agoYes
* Millions of children abroad remain unprotected from polio
* This year, there have been 26 recorded cases of polio around the world
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∙ 12y agoYes it does. It is simply not very common anymore in the western world where we have widespread vaccines against it. But it is still a big threat in less developed countries.
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∙ 14y agoIt doesn't.
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Why do people suffered from polio before 1955 than they do today?
Scientists were able to create a vaccine that protects people from the polio virus.
What is Polio and how does kill people?
Polio is a disease caused by a virus. It causes paralysis in the muscles. If it affects the muscles of the chest, it can prevent breathing and the individual suffocates.
What human body system is affected by polio?
Polio affects the nervous system.
What was the impact of Jonas Salk?
Jonas Salk developed the Polio Vaccine at the University of Pittsburgh. Without the Polio vaccine, people today would still be suffering from the disease today.
How does Polio affect the body?
it affects the nervous system
What is the treatment for post polio syndrome?
Post-polio syndrome is a slowly progressing weakness that affects polio survivors decades after their initial bout with the disease.
Which of these is the best description of polio?
Polio is caused by a virus that attacks the central nervous system and affects the movement of muscles.
What are the types of poliomyelitis?
There are 3 types of poliomyelitis (polio) infection: 1. Sub-clinical: does not affect the central nervous system and patients may not experience any symptoms 2. Non-paralytic: affects the central nervous system, produces mild symptoms, and does not result in paralysis 3. Paralytic: rarest and most serious and produces full or partial paralysis in the patient. There are 3 types of paralytic polio: 1. spinal polio (affects the spine) 2. bulbar polio (affects the brainstem) 3. bulbospinal polio (affects the spine and brainstem)
How does the polio vaccine effect us today?
There are still cases of polio out there today, so we have the vaccinations if someday we were to have another breakout of the epidemic!
What is the ratio of people in the us with polio?
The answer depends on whether you want the ratio of people in the US with polio compared to people with polio in the rest of the world (or the whole world), or the compared to people without polio in the US.
What is the description of polio?
A virus that attacks the central nervous system and affects the movement of muscles.
What was the death toll for polio?
250,000 people have died from Polio
