Polio vaccine, killed
Polio vaccine, inactivated.
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- Polio vaccine, oral
A vaccine that contains live attenuated (weakened) poliovirus. Abbreviated OPV.
- Polio vaccine, Sabin
The oral polio vaccine (OPV) developed by the Polish-born American microbiologist Albert Sabin (1906-93).
- Polio vaccine, Salk
See polio vaccine, inactivated.
- Polio, abortive
A minor form of infection with poliovirus that accounts for 80 to 90 percent of clinically apparent cases of polio in the US, chiefly in young children. The usual symptoms’slight fever, malaise, headache, sore throat, and vomiting’emerge 3 to 5 days after exposure to the virus. Full recovery occurs in 24 to 72 hours. Abortive […]
- Poliomyelitis
An acute and sometimes devastating viral disease. Man is the only natural host for poliovirus. The virus enters the mouth and multiplies in lymphoid tissues in the pharynx and intestine. Small numbers of virus enter the blood and go to other sites where the virus multiplies more extensively. Another round of viremia (virus in the […]