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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 79. Chapters: Ian Dury, Jonas Salk, History of poliomyelitis, Polio vaccine, Poliomyelitis eradication, Poliovirus, Post-polio syndrome, Elizabeth Kenny, Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, Albert Sabin, Richard Louis Bruno, Franklin D. Roosevelt's paralytic illness, Hilary Koprowski, Georges Tamer, Ivar Wickman, Iron lung, Bill Inman, March of Dimes, CD155, Post-Polio Health International, Thomas Francis, Jr., Michael Flanders, David Bodian, John Franklin Enders, Polio Hall of Fame, Charles Armstrong, Dianne Odell, Thomas Huckle Weller, Frederick Chapman Robbins, Marguerite Vogt, Warm Springs, Thomas Milton Rivers, Bob McDonald, Cutter Laboratories, William Hammon, Isabel Morgan, H. R. Cox, Jakob Heine, Tom Loyless, Stephen Dwoskin, June Middleton, Ontario March of Dimes, Martha Mason, Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation, Sister Kenny, Robert Provan, March of Dimes Canada, Pulse Polio, Canadian postage stamp of Polio Vaccination 1955-2005, Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute, Andr Brasil, Polio: An American Story, Polio v/s Polio victims, British Polio Fellowship, D. T. Watson Home for Crippled Children. Excerpt: Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an acute viral infectious disease spread from person to person, primarily via the fecal-oral route. The term derives from the Greek (), meaning "grey," (), referring to the "spinal cord," and the suffix -itis, which denotes inflammation. Although approximately 90% of polio infections cause no symptoms at all, affected individuals can exhibit a range of symptoms if the virus enters the blood stream. In about 1% of cases the virus enters the central nervous system, preferentially infecting and destroying motor neurons, leading to muscle weakness and acute flaccid paralysis. Different types of paralysis may occur, depending on the nerv...
