What is Polio? Poliomyelitis is highly infectious and affects the
... bowel function. Paralysis may improve over six months but some people are left with long term disabilities. The ...
... bowel function. Paralysis may improve over six months but some people are left with long term disabilities. The ...
Polio
... TRANSMISSION • Highly contagious • Primarily spreads via the fecal-oral route. • Occasionally oral-oral route • Most infectious 7-10 days before and after appearance of symptoms • Immune deficiency, malnutrition, and injury increase risk of transmission and infection • Can cross maternal-fetal barr ...
... TRANSMISSION • Highly contagious • Primarily spreads via the fecal-oral route. • Occasionally oral-oral route • Most infectious 7-10 days before and after appearance of symptoms • Immune deficiency, malnutrition, and injury increase risk of transmission and infection • Can cross maternal-fetal barr ...
Set 8 Polio and the Polio Vaccine
... Disease very prevalent in human populations for many centuries. Historically-age of exposure to contaminated water was very young-usually led to a mild childhood disease only. Sanitation produces cleaner water. Delays age of first exposure. Severe symptoms more frequent in older individuals. ...
... Disease very prevalent in human populations for many centuries. Historically-age of exposure to contaminated water was very young-usually led to a mild childhood disease only. Sanitation produces cleaner water. Delays age of first exposure. Severe symptoms more frequent in older individuals. ...
Polio Eradication
... 20 countries, most of them extremely poor, heavily populated and/or devastated by civil war, making it difficult to reach and immunize children. ...
... 20 countries, most of them extremely poor, heavily populated and/or devastated by civil war, making it difficult to reach and immunize children. ...
Poliomyelitis (Polio) Fact Sheet
... How is the virus transmitted? The virus can pass from person to person through the stool (feces) of an infected person. It can then spread to another person on unwashed hands, contaminated food or objects. How can it be prevented? Thorough hand washing is the best prevention. Make sure hands are p ...
... How is the virus transmitted? The virus can pass from person to person through the stool (feces) of an infected person. It can then spread to another person on unwashed hands, contaminated food or objects. How can it be prevented? Thorough hand washing is the best prevention. Make sure hands are p ...
FEL Gale Virtual Reference Library Scavenger Hunt
... 1. Name TWO books that have entries about jobs in Human Resources. 2. How many volumes are in the book Bowling Beatniks and Bell-Bottoms? 3. In what city and state was Jesse Owens born? Book Title Source: 4. According to the titled article “Polio” in The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 2011 on page 3 ...
... 1. Name TWO books that have entries about jobs in Human Resources. 2. How many volumes are in the book Bowling Beatniks and Bell-Bottoms? 3. In what city and state was Jesse Owens born? Book Title Source: 4. According to the titled article “Polio” in The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 2011 on page 3 ...
- Pediatric Infectious Disease Society of Thailand
... polio, with just 223 cases in five countries last year. To capitalize on this time‐limited opportunity to finally end the disease, a wide range of experts have signed the declaration to emphasize the achievability of polio eradication and endorse the Eradication and Endgame ...
... polio, with just 223 cases in five countries last year. To capitalize on this time‐limited opportunity to finally end the disease, a wide range of experts have signed the declaration to emphasize the achievability of polio eradication and endorse the Eradication and Endgame ...
Poliomyelitis eradication
A public health effort to eliminate all cases of poliomyelitis (polio) infection around the world, begun in 1988 and led by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and the Rotary Foundation, has reduced the number of annual diagnosed cases from the hundreds of thousands to 291 in 2012. This represents a 99.9% reduction, but in 2013 and 2014 there has been an bounce back in some countries towards more cases. Of the three types of polio, the last recorded wild case of type 2 was in 1999. The last recorded case of type 3 was on 11 November 2012. All reported cases since 11 November 2012 have been of type 1. If polio is the next disease to be successfully eradicated, this will represent only the third time this has ever been achieved, after smallpox and rinderpest. The goal of eradicating polio worldwide has attracted international and media attention, but since 2001 progress has been erratic in reducing the number of cases, which has led to getting rid of the last 1% being described as ""like trying to squeeze Jell-O to death"". However, in 2011 incidence rates of the disease were dramatically reduced, and with large reduction again in 2012, hopes for eliminating polio have been rekindled. India is the latest country to successfully stop transmission of polio - with its last reported case in 2011. Of the 3 remaining countries with endemic polio, Nigeria's last reported case was 24 July 2014, while the other 2 endemic countries - Afghanistan and Pakistan - have had significantly reduced new cases in 2015. The number of cases reported in the first 6 months of 2015 has been about a quarter of the rate of the preceding 3 years.