POLIOMYELITIS Introduction

POLIOMYELITIS Introduction

Poliomyelitis is an enteroviral infection that sadly still a ff ects children in certain parts of the world – this is in spite of e ff ec - tive vaccination having been universally available for several decades. The virus enters the body by inhalation or ingestion. Clinically , the disease manifests itself in a wide spectrum of symptoms – fr om a few days of mild fever and headache to the extreme variety consisting of extensive paralysis of the bulbar form that may not be compatible with life because of involvement of the respiratory and pharyngeal muscles. - POLIOMYELITIS Introduction

Poliomyelitis is an enteroviral infection that sadly still a ff ects children in certain parts of the world – this is in spite of e ff ec - tive vaccination having been universally available for several decades. The virus enters the body by inhalation or ingestion. Clinically , the disease manifests itself in a wide spectrum of symptoms – fr om a few days of mild fever and headache to the extreme variety consisting of extensive paralysis of the bulbar form that may not be compatible with life because of involvement of the respiratory and pharyngeal muscles. - POLIOMYELITIS Introduction

Poliomyelitis is an enteroviral infection that sadly still a ff ects children in certain parts of the world – this is in spite of e ff ec - tive vaccination having been universally available for several decades. The virus enters the body by inhalation or ingestion. Clinically , the disease manifests itself in a wide spectrum of symptoms – fr om a few days of mild fever and headache to the extreme variety consisting of extensive paralysis of the bulbar form that may not be compatible with life because of involvement of the respiratory and pharyngeal muscles. -