Polio is an infectious disease that has haunted the lives of many for over 3,000 years. The first record of Poliomyelitis in the human body dates back to ancient Egypt where inhabitants of the area engraved a documented version of paralytic Poliomyelitis into stone. When indoor plumbing came into use, in the 20th century, and […]
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Acute poliomyelitis is a highly contagious viral disease which ranges in severity from inapparent infection to overwhelming paralytic illness and death. The virus is spread by human contact and enters through the nose or mouth, then spreading to various parts of the body. Poliomyelitis is particularly liable to affect certain parts of the spinal cord, […]
Particles or microbes too small to be seen with an ordinary microscope, viruses range in size from that of a large molecule to about half the size of a small bacterium (from 0.00001 millimeter to 0.0005 millimeter). They can be photographed, however, under an electron microscope which has a magnetic field for a lens and […]
A special discussion of the ethical issues and moral implications of using animal experiments in biomedical research. Are animals to be assigned the same moral status as humans? If animal research stops due to ethical and moral considerations, how will new biomedical treatments be tested? Where should the line be drawn between moral animals and […]
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“The use of either the Salk or Sabin vaccine will increase the possibility that your child will contact the disease. It seems that the most effective way to protect your child from polio is to ensure that he does not get the vaccine” – –Dr Mendelsohn M.D. (1984 Of Polio Polio used to be one […]
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Polio is a paralytic disease caused by a short, single-stranded RNA virus. Poliovirus is currently found as 2 serotypes in nature: Wild PolioVirus Type1 (WPV1), and Wild PolioVirus Type 3 (WPV3), [Type 2 has been eliminated globally]. In nature, poliovirus causes poliomyelitis* only in human beings. In less than 1% of poliovirus infections, acute flaccid […]