21. PICO: Introduction And Contents The polio Information Center Online (PICO) provides information about Links to Other Resources PICO is not the only poliorelated site on the Web, http://microbiology.columbia.edu/PICO/PICO.html

T he Polio Information Center Online (PICO) provides information about poliovirus, the causative agent of paralytic poliomyelitis and also an important model system for studying viruses in the family Picornaviridae. This family contains viruses which cause such conditions as the common cold, encephalitis, aseptic meningitis, and hepatitis, to name a few. Thus, while the Salk and Sabin vaccines have significantly reduced the threat of paralysis by polio, there are still good reasons to study this virus. PICO Contents News and Opinion Editorial: Should Polio Vaccination Be Stopped? By 2003, wild poliovirus will have been eradicated from nature. Will it be safe to stop vaccinating? Breaking News: Polio Outbreak in Dominican Republic and Haiti The Western Hemisphere is no longer polio-free. This unusual outbreak raises new questions about polio eradication and public health. Vaccine Change Widely Adopted A 1997 change in the vaccine protocol recommended by the CDC is catching on rapidly with pediatricians. Polio Eradication Enters the Home Stretch In what will be the second worldwide elimination of a viral disease, the World Health Organization is entering the final stages of its polio vaccination campaign.

22. End Of Polio In Nigeria, young men play soccer with their hands, propelling themselves on rough skateboards. polio robbed them of their ability to walk forever. http://www.endofpolio.org/home.html

23. Development Of Polio Vaccines As it did with Roosevelt, polio can strike quickly. The virus enters the body by nose or mouth and travels to the intestines, where it incubates. http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/polio.html

-Advertisement- Access Excellence Classic Collection Development of Polio Vaccines by Bonnie A. Maybury Okonek and Linda Morganstein, editor In 1921, outbreaks of poliomyelitis plagued America. That summer, a young politician named Franklin Delano Roosevelt was vacationing with his family at their Campobello estate. After an exhausting day fighting a local forest fire, taking a cold swim for relief, and then lounging in his wet swimsuit at home, he went to bed feeling as though he had contracted a cold. In a few days Roosevelt found out he had polio. As it did with Roosevelt, polio can strike quickly. The virus enters the body by nose or mouth and travels to the intestines, where it incubates. A few days later, most patients are either asymptomatic or they experience flu-like symptoms, such as headache, nausea, vomiting, and fever. Whether they are symptomatic or not, people at this stage can pass the disease on to others. Polio can be spread through contact with infected feces or through infected droplets traveling through the air, in food, or in water. The virus next enters the bloodstream, and the patient makes antibodies against it. In most cases, this stops the progression of the virus; lifelong immunity against the disease is acquired. 10% of infected people develop symptoms and 1% develop the paralytic form of polio. Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center.

24. Polio Eradication, Conquering Poliomyelitis: Virus & Vaccine Against Poliomyelit Global polio Eradication Initiative Vaccination program (UNICEF WHO) in developing countries EPI (Expanded Program on Immunization). http://www.polio.info/

@import url(http://www.polio.info/polio-eradication/styles/style.css); @import url(http://www.polio.info/polio-eradication/styles/style.css); Conquering polio Polio in figures Partnerships The disease ... Polio vaccines In the last 15 years, the number of cases of polio worldwide has dropped spectacularly, going from 350,000 cases in 1988 when the Global Polio Eradication Initiative began to 1,940 in 2005 (data as of March 14, 2006). This eradication initiative, whose aim is to eliminate all cases due to the wild virus throughout the world, now has tools in place to rapidly stop polio transmission everywhere except Nigeria, where, as of June 2006, another 12 months will be required. Polio is a unique disease in the history of medicine. In more than one instance, the fight against polio has given rise to an extraordinary public reaction and mobilization. The first polio vaccine, the injectable vaccine developed by Jonas Salk, was hailed as a breakthrough in medical research. Health care for polio victims has led to advances that have become standard practice in today's hospitals. In addition, the methods used to produce the polio vaccine revolutionized manufacturing techniques, which were then applied to other vaccines. Smallpox, eradicated in 1977 through vaccination, was the first infectious disease to ever be eliminated from the planet. Today polio is on the verge of becoming the second such disease, eradicated thanks to the efforts of countless people.

25. Famous Polio People polio survivor, Bessie “Gertrude” Brooks, has lived most of her life in Vicksburg, Mississippi. She was 100 years old on March 30, 2005. http://www.geocities.com/arojann.geo/poliopeople.html

26. Polio Vaccine Vaccine Education Center - Children S Hospital Of Learn about polio disease and IPV vaccine. Get information about vaccine risks and benefits. http://www.chop.edu/consumer/jsp/division/generic.jsp?id=75724

27. Post-Polio-Med Postpolio-Med Listserv email list for questions and answers about post polio syndrome, polio postpolio poliomyelitis. http://www.skally.net/ppmed/

This site accessible by people living with disabilities Welcome to the Post-Polio-Med @listserv.icors.org Web Pages! An Email List for and about Post-Polio Syndrome Please note: The PPMed email list changed hosts 11 Jan. 06. We are now hosted by icors.org For almost a decade, St. John's University, New York, Hosted PPMed and many other lists for Free, we thank them from the bottom of our hearts for giving us a service which allowed for support and information to be shared among millions. To join the PPMed list, please either use the form on the Web Interface OR.. send and email to: Post-Polio-Med-subscribe-request@listserv.icors.org Then post your PPS questions or information to: Post-Polio-Med@listserv.icors.org Read about PPMed and PPS-Central and see the awards the sites have won Search PPS Central What's New ... PPS Survey Take the Post-Polio Syndrome/New Health Problems Survey! See the up to date results!: Post-Polio Syndrome Survey CAUTION! Proceeding beyond the following constitutes acceptance of these terms and conditions. IMPORTANT NOTE: YOUR PRIVACY Although this has been an unwritten policy since the first day ... due to recent events, we think it's wise to make all subscribers and potential subscribers aware of of this policy.

28. Post Polio Syndrome Resources - Polio/PPS Information For Polio Survivors. Information for polio survivors and those who may have family or friend who had polio. PPSR offers support, live chat, email support, and general http://www.ppsr.com/

/* Static Top Menu Script By Constantin Kuznetsov Jr. (GoldenFox@bigfoot.com) Featured on Dynamicdrive.com For full source code and installation instructions to this script, visit Dynamicdrive.com */ P ost P olio S yndrome R esources of Louisiana Carl's Story French German Italian Portuguese Spanish What is post-polio syndrome? What causes PPS? How is PPS diagnosed? How is PPS treated? ... Where can I go for more information? What is post-polio syndrome? Post-polio syndrome (PPS) is a condition that can strike polio survivors anywhere from 10 to 40 years after recovery from an initial attack of the poliomyelitis virus. PPS is characterized by a further weakening of muscles that were previously injured by polio infection. Symptoms include fatigue, slowly progressive muscle weakness, muscle and joint pain, and muscular atrophy. Some patients experience only minor symptoms, while others develop spinal muscular atrophy or what appears to be, but is not, a form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also called Lou Gehrig's disease. PPS is rarely life-threatening. The extent to which polio survivors will suffer from PPS depends on how seriously they were affected by the first polio attack. Patients who had only minimal symptoms from the original attack and subsequently develop PPS will most likely experience only mild PPS symptoms. People originally hit hard by the polio virus may develop a more severe case of PPS with a greater loss of muscle function, difficulty in swallowing, and more periods of fatigue.

29. Remembering Polio | University Of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Salk polio vaccine over a threeday period in April. Activities included a commemorative http://www.polio.pitt.edu/

Home Community Involvement Community Celebration Share Your Memories ... Speakers Pittsburghers line up for vaccinations in the Cathedral of Learning Commons Room on February 26, 1957. Photo courtesy March of Dimes Click here to share your memories about polio. Click here to learn about the speakers and program of the scientific symposium. Learn more about acclaimed photojournalist and his exhibit The End of Polio: A Global Effort to End a Disease at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. The initial breakthrough that led to the eventual eradication of polio throughout most of the world is credited to Dr. Jonas Salk and his team of researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, who developed the first polio vaccine. In April 1955, when the results of an unprecedented nationwide clinical trial were announced and the vaccine was approved for widespread public use, Newsweek The Shot Heard Round the World For more information, contact us at 412-383-7255. For site problems, please email alively@hs.pitt.edu

30. Poliomyelitis (infantile Paralysis, Polio) polio is a viral disease which may affect the central nervous system. Since polio immunization has become widespread, cases of polio are very rare. http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/poliomyelitis/fact_sheet.htm

skip to main content New York State Department of Health Information for a Healthy New York Home Contact Help A-Z Index Search Search this site: Site Contents Health Insurance Programs Employment Opportunities Forms Grants/Funding Opportunities ... Related Sites Please Note Some documents on this page are saved in the Portable Document Format (PDF). If it's not already on your computer, you'll need to download the latest free version of Acrobat Reader You are Here: Home Page Communicable Disease Poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis, polio) Poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis, polio) Last Reviewed: November 2006 " Poliomyelitis " is also available in Portable Document Format (PDF, 16KB, 2pg.) What is polio? Polio is a viral disease which may affect the central nervous system. Since polio immunization has become widespread, cases of polio are very rare. Who gets polio? Polio is more common in infants and young children and occurs under conditions of poor hygiene. However, paralysis is more common and more severe when infection occurs in older individuals. In exceedingly rare cases, oral polio vaccine has caused paralytic polio in a person who received the vaccine or in a person who was a close contact of a vaccine recipient. How is polio spread?

31. July, 1949 July, 1949 SOUTHERN MEDICINE SURGERY 209. The Treatment of poliomyelitis and Other Virus Diseases with Vitamin C. Fred R. Klenner, M.D., Reidsville, http://www.orthomed.com/polio.htm

July, The Treatment of Poliomyelitis and Other Virus Diseases with Vitamin C Fred R. Klenner, M.D., Reidsville, North Carolina IN A PREVIOUS REPORT dealing with the antagonistic properties of ascorbic acid to the virus of atypical pneumonia, mention was made of the fact that other types of virus infections had responded favorably to vitamin C. This paper is to present these findings as well as the results of subsequent studies on the virus of poliomyelitis, the viruses causing measles, mumps, chickenpox, herpes zoster, herpes simplex and influenza. Further studies with the virus of atypical pneumonia will also be discussed. These observations of the action of ascorbic acid on virus diseases were made independently of any knowledge of previous studies using vitamin C on virus pathology, except for the negative report of Sabin after treating Rhesus monkeys experimentally infected with the poliomyelitis virus. A review of the literature in preparation of this paper, however, presented an almost unbelievable record of such studies. The years of labor in animal experimentation, the cost in human effort and in "grants," and the volumes written, make it difficult to understand how so many investigators could have failed in comprehending the one thing that would have given positive results a decade ago

32. A Science Odyssey: On The Edge: Paralyzing Polio: 1 Of 9 Brief history of Salk s efforts to stop polio; written in comicbook style. From PBS. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/ontheedge/polio/

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33. NNii. Vaccine Information The last cases of paralytic polio from natural poliovirus in the U.S. were in 1979, The oral polio vaccine (OPV) is no longer administered in the U.S. http://www.immunizationinfo.org/vaccineInfo/vaccine_detail.cfv?id=10

34. Polio: Viral Infections: Merck Manual Home Edition polio (poliomyelitis, infantile paralysis) is a highly contagious, sometimes fatal, viral infection that affects nerves and can produce permanent muscle http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec23/ch273/ch273h.html

Search Recent Searches Index Sections A B ... view all sections In This Topic Polio Symptoms and Diagnosis Prevention Prognosis and Treatment ... Back to Top Section Children's Health Issues Subject Viral Infections Topics Introduction Central Nervous System Infections Chickenpox Erythema Infectiosum ... Mumps Polio Respiratory Tract Infections Roseola Infantum Rotavirus Infection Rubella ... Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis (SSPE) Polio drawAdBox(adPath, numberOfAds, false); Buy the Book Print This Topic Email This Topic Pronunciations encephalitis myelitis roseola infantum Polio (poliomyelitis, infantile paralysis) is a highly contagious, sometimes fatal, viral infection that affects nerves and can produce permanent muscle weakness, paralysis, and other symptoms. Polio is caused by poliovirus, an enterovirus, which is spread by swallowing material contaminated by the virus. The infection spreads from the intestine to the parts of the brain and spinal cord that control the muscles. In the early 20th century, polio was widespread throughout the United States. Today, because of extensive vaccination, polio outbreaks have largely disappeared, and most doctors have never seen a new polio infection. The last case of wild poliovirus infection in the United States occurred in 1979. The Western Hemisphere was certified polio-free in 1994. A global polio eradication program is under way, but cases still occur in sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia. Unimmunized people of all ages are susceptible to polio. In the past, polio outbreaks occurred mainly in children and adolescents, because many older people had already been exposed to the virus and developed immunity.

35. Polio | The Communication Initiative Network Presentations from the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) Meeting on Communication for polio Eradication, Afghanistan September 2007 http://www.comminit.com/en/polio.html

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36. Polio - Minnesota Dept. Of Health polio is caused by a virus that lives in the throat and intestinal tract. It is spread through contact with the bowel movements of an infected person (for http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/diseases/polio/index.html

dqmcodebase = "/script/" Polio Disease Polio Home Basics Statistics For Health Professionals ... Reporting Polio More From MDH Immunization Home Vaccine Preventable Diseases Polio Polio is caused by a virus that lives in the throat and intestinal tract. It is spread through contact with the bowel movements of an infected person (for instance, by changing diapers). The polio vaccine is the best protection against the disease. Polio Basics General information about polio, including symptoms, complications, vaccines, tests, and treatment. Polio Statistics Incidence of polio disease in Minnesota. Polio Information for Health Professionals Information on polio for health professionals, including clinical information, immunization schedules, and treatment of cases and contacts. Reporting Polio All cases of polio must be reported to the Minnesota Department of Health. Find out what needs to be reported, who needs to report diseases, which forms to use and where to find out more about the disease. If you have questions or comments about this page, use our

37. Polio Questions And Answers polio is usually spread via the fecaloral route (i.e., the virus is transmitted from the stool of an infected person to the mouth of another person from http://www.vaccineinformation.org/polio/qandadis.asp

From the Immunization Action Coalition Vaccine Information for the public and health professionals Polio Disease Home www.immunize.org Search Diseases / Vaccines Anthrax Chickenpox Diphtheria Hepatitis A ... Click here to obtain the free Adobe Acrobat Reader, necessary for reading PDF files on this site. (click on image) (click on image) (click on image) (click on image) Click here What causes polio? Polio is caused by a virus. How does polio spread? Polio is usually spread via the fecal-oral route (i.e., the virus is transmitted from the stool of an infected person to the mouth of another person from contaminated hands or such objects as eating utensils). Some cases may be spread directly via an oral to oral route. How long does it take to show signs of polio after being exposed? The incubation period of polio is commonly 6-20 days, with a range of 3-35 days. What are the symptoms of polio? Surprisingly, 95% of all individuals infected with polio have no apparent symptoms. Another 4%-8% of infected individuals have symptoms of a minor, non-specific nature, such as sore throat and fever, nausea, vomiting, and other common symptoms of any viral illness.

38. UNICEF - Immunization - Eradicating Polio GOAL To assist governments in their efforts to immunize every child against polio until polio transmission has stopped, so that the world can be certified http://www.unicef.org/immunization/index_polio.html

English Arabic Chinese Immunization Introduction The big picture UNICEF in action The Global Immunization Vision and Strategy (GIVS) ... What we do Eradicating polio GOAL: To assist governments in their efforts to immunize every child against polio until polio transmission has stopped, so that the world can be certified polio-free. STATUS: Since the momentous launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988 during the World Health Assembly in Geneva, nearly five million children, who otherwise would have been paralyzed and incapacitated by polio, are walking, able and symptoms-free. The number of polio cases reported annually has decreased by 99% – from 350,000 in 1988 to 2,000 cases in 2006. This rapid success has been achieved through a global campaign to immunize every child under five. Since the late nineties, the polio vaccine has been delivered to children in endemic countries through mass immunization campaigns, known as National Immunization Days (NIDs). Global Polio Eradication Initiative UNICEF is working to protect all children from polio by immunizing every child until the disease is eradicated. Along with national governments, the World Health Organization, Rotary International and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, we are a spearheading partner in the

39. International Ventilator Users Network's (IVUN's) Home Page Hope and the Human Spirit – Overcoming polio is the title of an exhibit at the Reno County Museum, Hutchinson, Kansas, opening March 29, 2008 from 100 pm http://www.ventusers.org/

Site Map HOME About IVUN EDUCATION ... Membership powered by FreeFind What's new ... The Summer issue of Ventilator-Assisted Living (Vol. 22, No. 2) will be mailed the first week of June. To receive a printed copy, become a Member! ... This week at IVUN ... Confused? What is competitive bidding? DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Who was awarded the contracts for Round 1? Contract Suppliers - Round 1 Why should users of bilevel devices be concerned? Needed: Zephyr Blower Check your closets and storage areas. Do you have a Zephyr Blower that is not being used? If so, contact info@ventusers.org ASAP. View Prior Weeks at IVUN ... Frequently Asked Questions The work of IVUN is sponsored in part by Want to be a sponsor? Contact director@post-polio.org Check out Post-Polio Health International The premier source of information about living independently with a ventilator. International Ventilator Users Network's mission is to enhance the lives and independence of home ventilator users and polio survivors through education, advocacy

40. Post Polio Syndrome (PPS) And The North Central Florida Post Polio Support Group Educates and informs polio survivors, healthcare professionals and family about polio, postpolio syndrome and care in polio vaccination. http://www.postpoliosupport.com/

Support Group Information About our programs About our newsletter Coming programs Mission Statement Founded in 1990, the mission of the North Central Florida Post-Polio Support Group is to inform and educate polio survivors, families, friends, physicians, therapists and suppliers about post-polio syndrome (PPS). We are a not-for-profit support group reaching out to well over 800 survivors of polio within a 100-mile radius of Ocala, Florida, and to hundreds of additional survivors throughout the world. POLIO POST NEWS (May/June) Are you looking for a Support Group? List of Physicians, Therapists ... and Suppliers (PDF) About our support group The North Central Florida Post-Polo Support Group was established by Carolyn and Jerry Raville, both polio survivors, so they could learn as much as possible about polio and post-polio syndrome and share that information with others who need help. Carolyn had previously formed a support group in Miami when, as her mentor, Gini Laura advised her to relay on professionals as resource persons and polio survivors as leaders. Our information is designed to help educate physicians and/or health care professionals, if they do not already understand post-polio syndrome. Our articles are designed to help you improve your own way of life, show you how to deal with a mate, relative or friend with PPS, and more. No fees or dues are required of our members, though donations are certainly appreciated. Our support come from contributions from our members, families, friends, the March of Dimes and the medical community.

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