Poliomyelitis Vs Polio

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Poliomyelitis or better known as Polio is a viral and infectious disease that is to affect mainly the central nervous system, and can also cause temporary or permanent damage to the body
Polio disease can be found at any age but is commonly foJonas Salk was born October 28, 1914, and died on June 23, 1995
Salk was an American medical researcher and virologist
Salk studied and graduated the New York University School of Medicine
He was the first man to discover and develop the successful Polio vaccine
Jonas Salk and his skilled team created the first Polio vaccine at the University of Pittsburgh, in the year of 1952
The vaccine came into popular use in the year of 1955
But, the oral vaccine (developed by Albert Sabin) came into use in the

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