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  1. Polio - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Vaccinated adults who plan to travel to an area where polio is spreading should get a booster dose of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV). Immunity after a ...

  2. History of polio: Outbreaks and vaccine timeline

    Children and a teacher with polio participate in a class at Saint Marys Hospital. 1948-1955. Before a polio vaccine became available, several polio epidemics ...

  3. Polio - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Health care providers often recognize polio by symptoms, such as neck and back stiffness or abnormal reflexes or muscle weakness. To confirm the diagnosis, a ...

  4. Post-polio syndrome - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    Infection from the polio virus once caused paralysis and death. However, the introduction of the inactivated polio vaccine in the 1950s greatly reduced polio's ...

  5. The Basics of Polio and Why It's Making a Comeback - Mayo Clinic News Network

    When a healthy 20-year-old in Rockland County, New York, presented in an emergency room earlier this year with sudden leg paralysis, the diagnosis of polio ...

  6. Post-polio syndrome - Diagnosis & treatment - Mayo Clinic

    In addition, because the signs and symptoms of post-polio syndrome are similar to those of other disorders, your doctor will attempt to exclude other possible ...

  7. Poliovirus vaccine, inactivated (injection route) - Side effects & uses - Mayo Clinic

    Poliovirus vaccine is an active immunizing agent used to prevent poliomyelitis (polio). It works by causing your body to produce its own protection ...

  8. Diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, polio vaccine (intramuscular route) - Mayo Clinic

    Polio is a very serious infection that causes paralysis of the muscles, including the muscles that enable you to walk and breathe. A polio infection may ...

  9. What the detection of poliovirus in sewer systems in London, New York City means

    Polio, also known as poliomyelitis, is caused by the poliovirus. The contagious virus can infect a person's spinal cord and cause paralysis.

  10. Post-polio syndrome - Doctors and departments - Mayo Clinic

    This syndrome causes a number of potentially serious symptoms that appear decades after the polio virus.