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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.
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.
What are the causative agent for poliomyelitis?
The polio virus.
Is poliomeyelitis a virus or a bacteria?
poliomelitys it is a virus.It target neural cels.
What is the name of the polio causing virus?
Poliovirus (Poliomyelitis) .
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.
Are viruses classified by their shape?
A virus can have one of two structures. These are: •Helical virus. A helical virus is rod- or thread-shaped. The virus that causes rabies is a helical virus. •Icosahedral virus. An icosahedral virus is spherically shaped. Viruses that cause poliomyelitis and herpes simplex are icosahedral viruses.
What is the scientific name for polio virus?
The disease polio is more specifically poliomyelitis, an infection by the virus called, logically, poliovirus, a species of enterovirus.Another common name for polio in young children is infantile paralysis.
Can polio be treat with antibiotics and why?
NO! poliomyelitis is caused by a virus (poliovirus). antibiotics are only effective against bacteria. *A doctor may prescribe antibiotics as supportive care but the antibiotics are not treating the polio directly.
What type of infectious agent causes polio?
Polio is caused by the Poliomyelitis virus.
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.
