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yes polio is caused by a virus

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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 is causes polio?

Polio is caused by a virus.


Which virus causes poliomyelitis?

Polio virus causes poliomyelitis.


What pathogens causes polio?

Type 1 is the most common of the 3 Polioviruses that causes the Polio disease.


What type of organism causes polio?

Polio is a word that can mean one of two things, the virus or the disease The Polio disease which you are referring to is called poliomyelitis. The organism that causes it is a viral organism (virus). The name of the virus that causes poliomyelitis (polio disease) is called Poliovirus. The virus is a normal RNA virus from the Picornaviridae and genus enterovirus family.


Is polio a virus or bacteria?

The organism that causes polio is a virus.


What sort of microbe causes polio?

Virus.


What type of infectious agent causes polio?

Polio is caused by the Poliomyelitis virus.


What organisms cause polio?

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Who was polio named after?

It was named after the virus that causes the disease.


What is the name of the type 1 polio virus?

Poliomyelitis is the origanil name. polio is a viruse that is in the humman throught. and the first vaccine was introduced in 1955.


What is the name of polio virus?

The name of the Polio Virus is simply Poliovirus. It causes Poliomyelitis, commonly know as "Polio". ----------------------------------------------------- There are three types of polio virus found .... TYPE 1 also known as BRUNHILDE & MA HONEY TYPE 2 also known as LANCING & MEFI TYPE 3 also known as LEON & SAUKETT