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poliomyelitis
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po·li·o·my·e·li·tis
/ ˌpōlēōˌmīəˈlītis/
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n. Med.
an infectious viral disease that affects the central nervous system and can cause temporary or permanent paralysis.
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Poliomyelitis: The role of the military in the final campaign
Magazine article from: Military Medicine; 10/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; Poliomyelitis remains a disease of significance...years of the campaign to eradicate poliomyelitis from the world. The service requirements...unimmunized troops remain current in the poliomyelitis endemic regions of Europe, Asia...
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National poliomyelitis immunization days - People's Republic of China, 1993.
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; 11/5/1993; 700+ words
; ...established the goal of global eradication of poliomyelitis by the year 2000 [1]. Based on cases...1992, a total of 15,445 paralytic poliomyelitis cases were reported worldwide, compared...Days and effort in China to eradicate poliomyelitis by 1995. Because of the large population...
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Progress toward poliomyelitis eradication - Egypt, 1993. (polio prevention program) (International Notes)
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; 4/1/1994; 700+ words
; ...has directed efforts toward achieving poliomyelitis eradication by the end of 1994. To...highest). This report summarizes the poliomyelitis eradication effort in Egypt based on...activities have been used to achieve poliomyelitis eradication goals. NIDs have been...
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Progress toward global eradication of poliomyelitis, 1988-1991.
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; 7/2/1993; 700+ words
; ...because lifelong immunity to paralytic poliomyelitis is conferred by existing, effective vaccines, poliomyelitis has been considered a candidate for...Organization (PAHO) initiated a regional poliomyelitis eradication program. Based on the...
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In the shadows: poliomyelitis epidemics and nursing care in Edmonton 1947-1955.
Magazine article from: Alberta History; 6/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; Poliomyelitis was the most feared of diseases in...early scientific efforts to minimize poliomyelitis infections were less successful...impact on the international history of poliomyelitis. Ultimately, Salk vaccine mitigated...
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Clinical decision making in the management of the late sequelae of poliomyelitis.
Magazine article from: Physical Therapy; 10/1/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...management of the late sequelae of poliomyelitis. To provide a basis for understanding...approach, the clinical features of poliomyelitis are first described. Although research...understanding of the late sequelae of poliomyelitis, reports of controlled treatment...
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The surveillance challenge: final stages of eradication of poliomyelitis in the Americas. (Special Focus I: Public Health Surveillance and International Health 1992)
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; 3/1/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...reductions in morbidity and mortality due to poliomyelitis in the Americas, Despite the success of the poliomyelitis eradication initiative, it has become...countries not reporting confirmed cases of poliomyelitis. Cases of acute flaccid paralysis...
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Update: eradication of paralytic poliomyelitis in the Americas.
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; 9/11/1992; 700+ words
; ...symptoms of culture-confirmed paralytic poliomyelitis. This is the last case of paralytic poliomyelitis with a wild poliovirus isolate reported...and the first time since reporting of poliomyelitis began in the Western Hemisphere that...
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Poliomyelitis: The role of military in the final campaign
Magazine article from: Military Medicine; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...military toward global eradication of poliomyelitis involving the logistic and professional...missions involve prolonged halt in poliomyelitis-endemic countries. During such a...immunization of army personnel assigned to poliomyelitis-endemic countries would be desirable...
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Epidemics to eradication: the modern history of poliomyelitis.(Review)
Magazine article from: Virology Journal; 7/10/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...author) [1] Background The word poliomyelitis , the medical term used to describe...first known clinical description of poliomyelitis is attributed to Michael Underwood...subsequent years, additional cases of poliomyelitis would be reported. Initial outbreaks...
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Poliomyelitis
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health
POLIOMYELITIS Poliomyelitis, or infantile paralysis, is a highly infectious disease caused...affected. Although archeological findings suggest that paralytic poliomyelitis existed before the modern era, the importance of the disease...
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Poliomyelitis and Polio
Book article from: World of Microbiology and Immunology
Poliomyelitis and polio Poliomyelitis is a contagious infectious disease that is caused by three...contract polio either have mild symptoms or no symptoms at all. Poliomyelitis has been part of human history for millennia. An Egyptian...
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poliomyelitis
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
poliomyelitis , polio, or infantile paralysis...There are three immunologic types of poliomyelitis virus; exposure to one type produces...those patients who develop paralytic poliomyelitis, about 25% sustain severe permanent...
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Weller, Thomas (1915- )
Book article from: World of Microbiology and Immunology
...the trio's successful growth of the poliomyelitis (polio) virus in a non-neural tissue...Enders decided to see what the virus poliomyelitis might do in them. A small amount of...intestinal cells. This was the first time poliomyelitis had been grown in human or simian tissue...
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Polio
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society
Polio Poliomyelitis, or infantile paralysis, is a virus...occurring in epidemics of paralytic poliomyelitis. For either or both of these reasons...symptoms nor signs. Early History Poliomyelitis occurs when the virus invades the...
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