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Polio infects the central nervous system in your body. At this part of the central nervous system, nerves go to the muscles. A person is paralyzed from this level of the cord down.
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How do you describe the reproduction of polio in the body?
Polio virus can infect only human being. Like other viruses, polio virus infect the cells. After getting attached to the cell, the virus genome is inserted into the cell body. The genetic material of the host is broken into small fragments and assembled as per the genome of the polio virus. Multiple such copies are formed and then released in the body to infect the new cells.
What are you vaccinated with?
You could be vaccinated with medicines that help your body to go against chickenpox, polio or other diseases that could infect your body.
Is polio virus the smallest virus?
ssDNA circoviruses are the smallest viruses.. They infect mainly birds. They are considered to be the smallest virus that causes diseases in animals.
What do viruses that cause physical diseases infect?
It depends on what kind of virus. Viruses can infect any cell in the human body. Viruses such as HIV infect the immune system; air-born viruses, such as H1N1 or a cold, infect the respiratory system; neurological viruses, like rabies infect the brain (the virus is usually carried to it by peripheral nerves); and viruses like polio effect the nervous system, which can create paralysis.
What North American mammal can carry polio?
Poliovirus is a human pathogen that doesn't naturally infect any other species. Sientific experiments, however, have successfully infected some chimpanzees.
Why was the polio vaccine given by mouth?
The Sabin vaccine was given by mouth because it was a live attenuated virus vaccine. Such vaccines have to actually infect you and grow for a short period of time, it could do this by mouth.
Is polio a verb?
Polio is a noun. If you want to use polio with a verb, you could say: Contract polio Suffer from polio Die of polio Recover from polio Etc., etc. I hope that helped.
Can cold water cause polio?
No, it takes the polio virus to cause polio. The polio virus can be defeated by having a polio vaccination.
What is unenveloped plus-strand RNA virus?
A virus which lack envelopes only the have a capsid(protien coat) made up of capsomers their name is PLUS STRAND because they act directly as a mRNA after infecting the host cell.they infect plants and bacteria causing POLIO and COLD in human beings e.g polio viruses and rhino viruses
Do you have polio?
Yes, I have polio.
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.
Did Wilma Rudolph have polio?
Wilma Rudolph had polio but she also ran track with polio.
