Poliomyelitis: what it is, symptoms, transmission and treatment

Poliomyelitis: what it is, symptoms, transmission and treatment

Poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis) is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus, which usually lives in the intestine, but which can reach the bloodstream and, in some cases, affect the central nervous system, causing paralysis of the limbs, motor changes and may even cause the death. The polio virus is transmitted from one person to another […]

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