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    Polio, full name poliomyelitis, has been a dangerous disease ever since its first appearance in the late 18th century. It has taken many people’s lives throughout the course of history. The virus’s shape is a circular-shaped agent which has spikes sticking out of various areas of this virus. Some interesting facts about this dangerous virus is that in the early and mid 1900s, there were at least 5,000-10,000 deaths per year, and vaccines didn’t come out until the 1950s. Also, today almost every country

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    Taking a Look at Polio

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    INTRODUCTION Polio (poliomyelitis) is a viral disease also referred to as infantile paralysis. It is an infectious, potentially fatal disease for which there is no known existing cure. This paper discusses the causes, transmission, symptoms and prevention of polio. Further, it addresses the challenges involved in eradicating Polio and suggests efforts to wipe out this disease. The word “poliomyelitis” is derived from the Greek word, ‘polios’, meaning "grey", and myelós for “marrow”, which refers

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    “ I got it [polio] when I was a little girl. My parents watch as I slowed down and my hand stopped working. We couldn’t afford the surgery to fix it, but I finally better. But my hand is a constant remember, but I refuse to let it stop me.”(6) Poliomyelitis, deriving from Greek meaning grey and marrow. Which more than likely refers to the spinal cord, along with the suffix –itis or inflammation.(4) For a time, Poliomyelitis was once was called infantile paralysis because of its primary effects on

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    A Brief Look at Polio

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    INTRODUCTION Polio is a viral infectious disease transmitted via the faecal-oral route. It is a dreaded disease especially in children, it results in infantile paralysis. Polio has no cure causing great concern due to significant morbidity and mortality. Despite global efforts to eradicate Polio, it is still endemic in parts of the world. This paper discusses the global problems posed by the disease, eradication strategies employed globally and regionally and the challenges in the way of achieving

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    Polio In The 1950's

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    The polio epidemic affected lives of people in the 1950’s both with and without being diagnosed, and despite it being cured Polio has changed the world and its views of vaccines and medicine, rehabilitation and Government views. Having been around for centuries, Poliomyelitis has dated back to ancient Egypt, but it became a major issue in the United States in the 1940’s-1950’s. Now it is known that the disease was spread by a spread of contaminated Fecal matter.(Rogers) Mostly affecting the infantile

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    Polio Vaccine in America

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    The Polio Vaccine in America When my daughter was a baby, and we decided to delay vaccination, a friend of my mother-in-law seemed thrilled with our decision. However, she advised to look into the polio vaccine because there wasn 't much they could do if someone did contract polio. During my research, I have found that the polio vaccine is all but completely unnecessary for anyone in the United States. Let 's take a look at some of the most interesting information I have found. Taken directly

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    discovery of the Polio vaccine will be discussed and broken down into deeper thought on why and how it was discovered. Poliomyelitis is an infectious disease that reached epidemic levels in the mid twentieth century. People that were unfortunate to receive this disease faced hardships including fevers, sore throat and vomiting(Allaby). These are just symptoms but Polio can be a vicious disease leaving their patients paralyzed. The majority of people who are diagnosed with Polio don’t get paralyzed

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    “A 1916 Polio epidemic in the United States killed 6,000 people and paralyzed 27,000 more” (“Polio Vaccine”). This lead to the creation of the polio vaccine that has helped to prevent polio for a very long time. The IPV and OPV vaccines played a huge role in all of this. Jonas Salk, who created the IPV vaccine and Albert Sabin, who created the OPV vaccine saved millions of people all around the world from polio (Petersen, Jennifer B). The IPV and OPV polio vaccine helped eliminate polio from the

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    1.0 Understanding Biology 1.1 Introduction Poliomyelitis, also known as Polio is a highly infectious viral disease that directly invades the nervous system and can cause permanent paralysis (WHO, 2015). The causative agent for Polio is the poliovirus, which is a single strand RNA. Polio is transmitted through faecal-oral contact and is usually found in places with very low sanitation (Victoria State Gov. 2007). Another mode of transmission is coming into direct contact with someone who is infected

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    Postpolio Syndrome (2005), the World Health Organization (WHO) discussed a significant drop in polio cases between 1988 and 2003 due to increased immunizations. WHO identified that although there was a drop from 350,000 to 900 cases worldwide, polio is still considered an epidemic in six third world countries. While its important to understand polio and its initial symptoms its equally important to understand that polio survivors may develop significant symptoms decades later; this classified as PPS. Suffers

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