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prevention consists of vaccination. There are two polio vaccines available; inactivated (Salk) poliovirus vaccine, and oral poliovirus vaccine.

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What is can be prevented by oral vaccines?

poliomyelitis


Which term describes a viral infection of the gray matter of the spinal cord that may reslut in paralysis?

Poliomyelitis


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.


What is a poliomyelitis antigen?

Poliomyelitis antigen is a complex compound on the surface of the virus.


Which childhood disease causes infantile paralysis?

Polio is a childhood disease that causes infantile paralysis. It is a highly contagious viral infection that can lead to paralysis and can be prevented through vaccination.


How can poliomyelitis be prevented?

Yes, it can be (provided that all the countries where still there ia sporadic cases of polio gets under the program of the WHO, eradication of polio-worldwide and co-operate with them and the laboratories destroys their sample viruses


Is poliomyelitis gentetic?

No.


What is a viral infection of motor nerves that may progress to life-threatening paralysis of the respiratory muscles?

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.


Can vulvovaginitis be prevented?

Vaginal infections may be prevented by following these suggestions


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.