poliomyelitis

Noun

Meaning

an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord

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I can see no hope at present of such a vaccine being produced... I have adopted a frankly defeatist attitude towards the problem of poliomyelitis and I hope that future developments will prove me wrong... No means of controlling poliomyelitis is at present visible. Frank Macfarlane Burnet

We wring our hands over the miscarriages of technology and take its benefactions for granted. We are dismayed by air pollution but not proportionately cheered up by, say, the virtual abolition of poliomyelitis. Peter Medawar

A photo of health experts at a virtual meeting of African Regional Commission for the Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication (ARCC) on June 18, 2020. Source: Internet

Before the vaccine was available, healthy vibrant children were tucked into bed only to wake up with incurable poliomyelitis (also called infantile paralysis). Source: Internet

Epidemiology seeAlso Following the widespread use of poliovirus vaccine in the mid-1950s, the incidence of poliomyelitis declined dramatically in many industrialized countries. Source: Internet

There were 217 cases of poliomyelitis, including 11 deaths, in 1945. Source: Internet

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