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Is polio a disease or a virus?
polio is a disease caused by the poliovirus
What are the chances of getting a child with polio if husbands father is polio affected?
Polio is not an inherited disease; it is an infectious disease caused by a virus.
Diseases such as cholera meningitis poliomyelitis and typhoid are usually attributed to?
They are all due to microorganisms or pathogens that infect the body. Poliomyelitis is caused by a virus while cholera, meningitis, and typhoid are caused by bacteria.
Is polio a hereditary disease and if not why?
Polio is NOT hereditary. It is caused by a virus, poliovirus, that is highly contagious. A vaccine exists to prevent catching the disease.
Is typhiod a disease caused by virus?
Typhoid is caused by a bacterial infection of Salmonella enterica enterica.
Which microorganism causes polio?
Polio is caused by a virus, the poliovirus. It belongs to the genus Enterovirus, which is a group of RNA viruses.
What virus causes polio?
yes polio is caused by a virus
Is polio virus a microorganism?
Microorganism means very small sized organism. It can not be seen with naked eye. You have to use microscopes to see it. Polio virus is a virus. Virus are too small as compared to other microorganisms. So polio virus is included in the category of the microorganisms.
Is typhoid fever caused by bacteria virus or parasite?
Bacteria Virus
What is causes polio?
Polio is caused by a virus.
Polio is a disease caused by a virus?
Polio is caused by an infection from the poliovirus. When a person is affected with it the virus resides in the intestinal tract and in the mucus in your nose and throat. It is usually spread through contact with the waste of an infected person. It is less frequently spread through contact with infected respiratory secretions - saliva.
Is poilo a virus?
I believe your question is about Polio. Yes, Polio is caused by a virus, named after the disease itself - Poliovirus. Poliovirus is a positive sense single stranded RNA virus of the genus Enterovirus and family Picornaviridae.
