Polio

The first case of polio reported in the US. In nearly a decade was detected in New York state health officials said Thursday.

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El virus entra a través de la boca y la nariz se multiplica en la garganta y en el tracto intestinal para.

. Polio is a highly infectious devastating virus that can cause paralysis. The virus struck fear into parents hearts in the 1940s before vaccines were available. The first known US case of polio in nearly a decade was contracted by an unvaccinated 20-year-old man in Rockland County who had recently traveled to Poland and Hungary health officials said.

The virus spreads from person to person and can invade an infected persons brain and spinal cord causing paralysis cant move parts of the body. La polio es una enfermedad causada por una infección con el poliovirus. This virus infects children and causes the disease poliomyelitis or.

Since 2000 the only polio vaccine used in the US. Polio or poliomyelitis is a crippling and potentially deadly disease. This is a MedPage Today story.

Busting common myths about vaccines 0520. People carrying the poliovirus including those without symptoms can spread the highly contagious virus for weeks in their. Inactivated polio vaccine IPV may sometimes be given in the same shot with other vaccines also called combination vaccines.

Contacto con moco o flema infectados de la nariz o de la boca. Symptoms which can be mild and flu-like. Contacto directo de persona a persona.

Around 72 of people infected with polio have no visible symptoms according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is caused by the poliovirus. Another 25 may develop flulike symptoms such as sore throat.

The polio virus enters the body through the mouth usually from hands contaminated with the stool of an infected person. The virus is transmitted by person-to-person spread mainly through the faecal-oral route or less frequently by a common vehicle for example contaminated water or food and multiplies in the intestine. Polio is very contagious and a person can spread the virus even if they arent sick or experiencing symptoms.

Is inactivated polio vaccine IPV. Contacto con heces infectadas. CNN A person from Rockland County New York has been diagnosed with polio the first case identified in the United States in nearly a decade.

El virus se propaga por. Polio can be prevented with vaccine. It invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours.

Each virus particle is composed of a protein coat around a core containing RNA genetic material. Respiratory and oral-to-oral transmission through saliva may also occur. Polio virus illustration.

More than 35000 people became. The polio virus lives in an infected persons throat and intestines. Polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus.

The most recent outbreak of polio cases took place between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Ad Polio is a health condition thats a lot less common today than a few decades ago and in. Inactivated polio vaccine IPV is the only polio.

This vaccine is given as a shot in the arm or leg is very safe and protects against severe disease including paralysis.

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