Polio is a disease caused by a virus?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Polio only effects humans and it enters the environment through an polio infected persons feces. It can be transmitted through contaminated water and food and through a person with the disease. It is so contagious that anyone living with an infected person is at high risk of contracting it. Its main cause is unsanitary conditions.

Answer 3

Polio, also called poliomyelitis is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by one of three related viruses. Polio is a very serious disease, which can lead to paralysis or even death. Once a person is exposed to polio, it usually takes about three to five days for symptoms to appear.

In about 95 percent of polio cases, infection from the polio virus causes no symptoms or serious effects. In about 5 percent of cases, the polio virus manifests in a mild form (abortive polio) with flu-like symptoms, in a nonparalytic form (aseptic meningitis) or in a severe form called paralytic polio. People who have minor or nonparalytic forms recover completely.

Answer 4

its caused by ur momma who likes to come round my house and have some fun (;

Answer 5

Polio is a disease that causes paralysis, particularly of the legs.

Answer 6

yes polio is caused by a virus

Answer 7

Polio is caused by a virus.

Answer 8

Polio is caused by polio virus.

Answer 9

No