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Vaccine Safety: FAQs about Oral Polio Vaccine and HIV/AIDS. (Background on Theory, References, and Additional Information) What theory on polio vaccine and the origin of AIDS is described by Mr Edward Hooper in Is Dr. Koprowski's vaccine related ... [... more]
Centers for Disease Control |
Post-Polio Syndrome Fact Sheet
PPS is rarely life-threatening. However, untreated respiratory muscle weakness can result in underventilation, and weakness in swallowing muscles can result in aspiration pneumonia. The severity of residual weakness and disability after acute ... [... more]
NINDS |
The disease and the virus
Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus. It invades the nervous system, and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours. It can strike at any age, but affects mainly children under three (over 50% of all cases). ... [... more]
polioeradication.org |
Stroke Awareness
The mission of NINDS is to reduce the burden of neurological disease - a burden borne by every age group, by every segment of society, by people all over the world. Visit the Know Stroke Website to learn more about stroke and obtain Know Stroke ... [... more]
NINDS |
WHO / World Health Organization
Efforts must be intensified to control Zimbabwe cholera outbreak New web site with information on WHO programmes and health issues in Viet Nam. Available in English and Vietnamese. Joint WHO-UNICEF report on the five most important causes of ... [... more]
World Health Organization |
Clinical Description
Poliomyelitis is an acute viral infection that involves the gastrointestinal tract and occasionally the central nervous system. It is acquired by fecal-oral or oral transmission (1). In the pre-vaccine era, infection with poliovirus was common ... [... more]
Center for Infectious Diseases |
EDUCATION ...
Organizers of PHI's 10th International Conference, "Living with Polio in the 21st Century," are now accepting applications for Access to publications, journal articles, etc., specifically for health professionals Support PHI initiatives, other . [... more]
Post Polio |
On Exhibit at NLM
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of NIH in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. It collects materials in all major areas of the health sciences and to a lesser degree in such areas as chemistry, ... [... more]
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Risk Factors
No one knows why only a small percentage of infections lead to paralysis. Several key risk factors have been identified as increasing the likelihood of paralysis in a person infected with polio. These include: Poliovirus can spread widely without ... [... more]
polioeradication.org |
It's hurricane and tropical storm season. Learn more:
MedlinePlus Health Information from the National Library of Medicine Start here with 750 topics on conditions, diseases and wellness About your prescription and over-the-counter medicines, herbs and supplements A service for finding local ... [... more]
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It's hurricane and tropical storm season. Learn more:
MedlinePlus Health Information from the National Library of Medicine Start here with 750 topics on conditions, diseases and wellness About your prescription and over-the-counter medicines, herbs and supplements A service for finding local ... [... more]
medlineplus.gov |
The Future of Polio
Polio is a contagious, historically devastating disease that was virtually eliminated from the Western hemisphere in the second half of the 20th century thanks to widespread vaccination. At the height of the polio epidemic in 1952, nearly 60,000 ... [... more]
Kids Health |
