Poliomyelitis, better known as the polio virus, is a crippling, and potentially, deadly disease that spreads from person to person. This disease is very contagious, and only infects humans. The virus consists of a RNA genome enclosed in a protein shell called a capsid. There are three serotypes of wild poliovirus have slightly different capsid proteins.
In 1789, British physician, Michael Underwood, provided the first clinical description of the poliovirus. He provided a stat, that stated 72 out of 100 people will have no physical symptoms, and that 1 out of 4 people will have flu like symptoms, which included fever, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, headaches, and neck stiffness. A smaller portion of people develop more serious symptoms, including paresthesia, meningitis, and paralysis, paralysis being the most severe symptom. Between 2 and 10 out of 100 people die due to the effects on the muscles that help you breathe, and to the destruction of motor neuron cells. Poliovirus lives in an infected person's throat, and intestines, and can stay in the throat for about 7 days and in faeces for about 3 to 6 weeks. The incubation period is usually 7 to 14 …show more content…
In the United States, in the 1950s, with the first outbreak occurring back in 1894, in Vermont with 132 cases. Children who fully recover from poliovirus can develop new muscle pain or weakness, or paralysis, as adults. This can occur 15 to 40 years later, which is called post polio syndrome. In the 1930s and 1940s there was a nationwide drive to raise money to fight infantile paralysis, which was held on Franklin D Roosevelt’s birthday every year due to the president at that time he had the crippling disease (Tobin 8). Laboratory tests are used to determine diagnostics which include throat secretions, faeces, or cerebro-spinal fluid surrounding the brain and spinal
In 1789, British physician, Michael Underwood, provided the first clinical description of the poliovirus. He provided a stat, that stated 72 out of 100 people will have no physical symptoms, and that 1 out of 4 people will have flu like symptoms, which included fever, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, headaches, and neck stiffness. A smaller portion of people develop more serious symptoms, including paresthesia, meningitis, and paralysis, paralysis being the most severe symptom. Between 2 and 10 out of 100 people die due to the effects on the muscles that help you breathe, and to the destruction of motor neuron cells. Poliovirus lives in an infected person's throat, and intestines, and can stay in the throat for about 7 days and in faeces for about 3 to 6 weeks. The incubation period is usually 7 to 14 …show more content…
In the United States, in the 1950s, with the first outbreak occurring back in 1894, in Vermont with 132 cases. Children who fully recover from poliovirus can develop new muscle pain or weakness, or paralysis, as adults. This can occur 15 to 40 years later, which is called post polio syndrome. In the 1930s and 1940s there was a nationwide drive to raise money to fight infantile paralysis, which was held on Franklin D Roosevelt’s birthday every year due to the president at that time he had the crippling disease (Tobin 8). Laboratory tests are used to determine diagnostics which include throat secretions, faeces, or cerebro-spinal fluid surrounding the brain and spinal