RT Book, Section
A1 Hay, Jr, William W.
A1 Levin, Myron J.
A1 Deterding, Robin R.
A1 Abzug, Mark J.
SR Print(0)
ID 1145458010
T1 Poliomyelitis
T2 Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment Pediatrics
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264257614
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1145458010
RD 2024/04/20
AB Poliovirus  infection  is  asymptomatic  in  90–95%  of  casesPresents  as  acute  febrile  illness  in  about  5%  of  cases,  and  aseptic  meningitis,  with  or  without  paralysis  in  1–3%Has  been  eliminated  with  the  use  of  oral  polio  vaccines  (OPV)  in  >  99%  of  the  population  with  the  only  endemic  areas  now  in  Nigeria,  Pakistan,  and  AfghanistanOccasional  cases  in  the  United  States  have  occurred  in  unprotected  travelers  to  foreign  countries  or  in  populations  with  low  polio  vaccine  coverage  who  come  in  contact  with  visitors  from  endemic  areas