Polio by Jagjiwan Singh https://padlet.com/js1571/x3f89h9kibvtloq3 A Widespread Panic en-us 2021-12-07 02:07:21 UTC 2023-05-02 21:43:19 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. Polio CDC Page js1571 https://padlet.com/js1571/x3f89h9kibvtloq3/wish/1932787781 2021-12-07 05:28:26 UTC https://padlet.com/js1571/x3f89h9kibvtloq3/wish/1932787781 2. What is Polio? js1571 https://padlet.com/js1571/x3f89h9kibvtloq3/wish/1939482557 Poliomyelitis, commonly shortened to polio, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. In about 0.5 percent of cases, it moves from the gut to affect the central nervous system, and there is muscle weakness resulting in a flaccid paralysis. This can occur over a few hours to a few days. (more)
 
]]> 2021-12-10 01:52:05 UTC https://padlet.com/js1571/x3f89h9kibvtloq3/wish/1939482557 3. What is the causative agent? js1571 https://padlet.com/js1571/x3f89h9kibvtloq3/wish/1939516911 Poliovirus]]> 2021-12-10 02:14:49 UTC https://padlet.com/js1571/x3f89h9kibvtloq3/wish/1939516911 4. Polio: Symptoms js1571 https://padlet.com/js1571/x3f89h9kibvtloq3/wish/1939532614 Most people who get infected with poliovirus (about 72 out of 100) will not have any visible symptoms.
About 1 out of 4 people will have flu-like symptoms that include:
  • Sore Throat
  • Fever
  • Stomach Ache (more)

]]> 2021-12-10 02:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/js1571/x3f89h9kibvtloq3/wish/1939532614 5. Emerging threats or successes: js1571 https://padlet.com/js1571/x3f89h9kibvtloq3/wish/1939570588 According to the recent article Global Polio Eradication - Way Ahead in 1988, many countries across world resolved in World Health Assembly to eradicate poliomyelitis by year 2000. In year 2016, many countries including Nigeria Afghanistan, Pakistan recorded the lowest poliovirus type 1 case count, eradication of poliovirus type 2 and continued absence of poliovirus type 3.]]> 2021-12-10 02:50:16 UTC https://padlet.com/js1571/x3f89h9kibvtloq3/wish/1939570588 7. Diagnosis and/or Treatment js1571 https://padlet.com/js1571/x3f89h9kibvtloq3/wish/1939578131 Poliovirus can be detected in specimens from the throat, feces (stool), and occasionally cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by isolating the virus in cell culture or by detecting the virus by polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
CDC laboratories conduct testing for poliovirus, including:
  • Culture
  • Intratypic differentiation
  • Genome sequencing
  • Serology (more)
]]> 2021-12-10 02:55:52 UTC https://padlet.com/js1571/x3f89h9kibvtloq3/wish/1939578131 6. Prevention and/or treatment js1571 https://padlet.com/js1571/x3f89h9kibvtloq3/wish/1939590722 Polio, or poliomyelitis, has been eliminated from most of the world. But it is still a threat in some countries.
Even if you were previously vaccinated, you may need a one-time booster shot before traveling to a country where the risk of getting polio is greater.
Infants and children in the United States are vaccinated against polio with four doses of the IPV vaccine given at ages 2 months, 4 months, 6-18 months, and 4-6 years. (more)







]]> 2021-12-10 03:04:35 UTC https://padlet.com/js1571/x3f89h9kibvtloq3/wish/1939590722 8. Polio: Infographic Image js1571 https://padlet.com/js1571/x3f89h9kibvtloq3/wish/1939602380 (more)]]> 2021-12-10 03:13:12 UTC https://padlet.com/js1571/x3f89h9kibvtloq3/wish/1939602380 9. Scientist & University js1571 https://padlet.com/js1571/x3f89h9kibvtloq3/wish/1939622290 Dr. Jonas Salk, American Virologist; City College of New York and New York University]]> 2021-12-10 03:27:20 UTC https://padlet.com/js1571/x3f89h9kibvtloq3/wish/1939622290 10. Learn More: js1571 https://padlet.com/js1571/x3f89h9kibvtloq3/wish/1939626506 2021-12-10 03:30:02 UTC https://padlet.com/js1571/x3f89h9kibvtloq3/wish/1939626506