Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a disease caused by a virus that attacks the human nervous system. ... Polio is spread via person-to-person contact or in an oral-fecal manner, meaning people contract the poliovirus when they come into contact with infected mucus, phlegm, feces, or contaminated food/water (Perlstein, 2012).
Polio still exists in some parts of the world.
Polio is a Greek term meaning pain and suffering to man kind.
Polio is caused by an infection from the poliovirus. When a person is affected with it the virus resides in the intestinal tract and in the mucus in your nose and throat. It is usually spread through contact with the waste of an infected person. It is less frequently spread through contact with infected respiratory secretions - saliva.
Polio short for Poliomyelitis. The cause for Polio is by infection with a member of the genus Enterovirus known as Poliovirus. There are vaccines to help prevent this virus. you also can be born with this disease.
Polio is transmitted, most commonly, through fecal matter and saliva.
No, it takes the polio virus to cause polio. The polio virus can be defeated by having a polio vaccination.
Polio is a noun. If you want to use polio with a verb, you could say: Contract polio Suffer from polio Die of polio Recover from polio Etc., etc. I hope that helped.
Yes, I have polio.
Polio is caused by a virus, the poliovirus. It belongs to the genus Enterovirus, which is a group of RNA viruses.
Wilma Rudolph had polio but she also ran track with polio.
1789 was when polio was first diagnosed!!!! polio was found in 1789