acute viral infectious disease of the nervous system that usually begins with general symptoms such as fever, headache, nausea, fatigue, and muscle pains and spasms and is sometimes followed by a more serious and permanent paralysis of muscles in one...

Polio (pronounced POH-lee-oh) is a serious disease caused by a virus called the poliovirus. The full medical name for the disease is poliomyelitis (pronounced POH-lee-oh-mi-uh-LI-tis). In its severest form, polio causes paralysis of the muscles of the...

Poliomyelitis is a contagious infectious disease that is caused by three types of poliovirus. The viruses cause damage and destruction of cells in the nervous system. Paralysis can result in about 2% of those who contract the disease, which is called...

Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a serious infectious disease caused by a virus that affects the central nervous system. Polio, sometimes called infantile paralysis, primarily affects children. When the virus first takes hold, symptoms begin with body aches...

Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a serious infectious disease caused by a virus that affects the central nervous system. Polio, sometimes called infantile paralysis, primarily affects children. When the virus first takes hold, symptoms begin with body aches...

Throughout most of human history, polio has caused paralysis and death. Often found in wet areas, the virus is most acute in cities during summer months. The virus inflames nerves in the brain and spinal cord, causing paralysis and can be passed...

Poliomyelitis A serious disease, caused by a virus, that has become extremely rare because of widespread availability of vaccines developed in the 1950s. Poliomyelitis, commonly known as polio, is a severe disease caused by an airborne virus that is...

Acute infectious viral disease that can cause flaccid paralysis of muscles. Severe epidemics killed or paralyzed many people, mostly children and young adults, until the 1960s, when Jonas Salk's injectable killed vaccine and Albert B. Sabin's oral...

(from Greek, polios: grey, myelos: marrow) A disorder affecting the GREY MATTER contained within the SPINAL CORD. Two forms mediated by viral infection (see VIRUS) are acute anterior poliomyelitis, an INFLAMMATION within the spinal cord, causing a...

Also known as polio or infantile paralysis, an infectious viral disease affecting the brain and spinal cord. It can cause partial paralysis and convulsions. Death might occur dependent on the site of paralysis, especially if the muscles used in...

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Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an acute viral infectious disease spread from person to person, primarily via the fecal-oral route.[1] The term derives from the Greek polio (πολίÏς), meaning "grey", myelon...