Polio Virus Transmission

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Polio Virus Transmission. The virus lives in the throat and intestines for up to six weeks, with patients most infectious from seven to 10 days. Polio can lead to the death of infected patients when the paralysis is immobilizing their breathing muscles.

A Picture of Polio
A Picture of Polio from borgenproject.org

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A Picture of Polio

Oral polio vaccines (opv) use a live virus that’s been weakened (attenuated), so it shouldn’t make you sick. A new york man was diagnosed with poliovirus, the first in the united states since 2013. Polio can lead to paralysis and even. Oral polio vaccines (opv) use a live virus that’s been weakened (attenuated), so it shouldn’t make you sick.