What is poliomyelitis popularly called?
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Infantile paralysis
It especially often struck children.
💡 Did you know? Hence the name infantile paralysis.
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Which virus causes infantile paralysis?
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The poliovirus
It attacks nerve cells in the spinal cord.
💡 Did you know? Usually, though, the infection goes unnoticed.
Which severe consequence can polio leave?
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Permanent paralysis
The legs are frequently affected.
💡 Did you know? If the breathing muscles are paralysed, it becomes life-threatening.
How is the poliovirus mainly transmitted?
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Through contaminated water
It enters the body through the mouth.
💡 Did you know? Poor hygiene aids the spread.
What was the ventilator for paralysed polio patients called?
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The iron lung
A large metal cylinder helped with breathing.
💡 Did you know? Some patients lived in it for years.
Who developed the first injected polio vaccine?
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Jonas Salk
His vaccine came in the mid-1950s.
💡 Did you know? Salk waived a patent.
Who developed the oral polio vaccine?
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Albert Sabin
His vaccine was simply given on a piece of sugar.
💡 Did you know? „Oral vaccine is sweet, polio is cruel.“
After which disease would polio be the second eradicated worldwide?
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Smallpox
Polio is close to worldwide eradication.
💡 Did you know? It still occurs in only a few countries.
Which US president was confined to a wheelchair by polio?
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
He fell ill as an adult and hid his paralysis.
💡 Did you know? He founded a foundation to fight polio.
In which seasons did polio outbreaks used to peak?
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In summer
People spoke of the „summer plague“.
💡 Did you know? Out of fear swimming pools were closed.
Which global effort drove polio eradication?
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Worldwide vaccination campaigns
Billions of children were vaccinated.
💡 Did you know? Organisations like Rotary also pushed it.
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