Poliomyelitis - World Health Organization (WHO) Polio (poliomyelitis) mainly affects children under 5 years of age One in 200 infections leads to irreversible paralysis Among those paralysed, 5–10% die when their breathing muscles become immobilized
Poliomyelitis (polio) - World Health Organization (WHO) Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious viral disease that largely affects children under 5 years of age The virus is transmitted by person-to-person spread mainly through the faecal-oral route or, less frequently, by a common vehicle (e g contaminated water or food) and multiplies in the intestine, from where it can invade the nervous system and cause paralysis
Poliomyelitis (Polio) - World Health Organization (WHO) Under objective 2 of the Eradication and Endgame Plan, at least one dose of inactivated poliomyelitis vaccine (IPV) should be introduced into all routine immunization programmes globally, and trivalent oral polio vaccines (tOPV) will be replaced with bivalent (bOPV) in all OPV-using countries
Poliomyelitis (polio) EURO - World Health Organization (WHO) Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious viral disease that largely affects children under 5 years of age The virus is transmitted by person-to-person spread mainly through the faecal-oral route or, less frequently, by a common vehicle (e g contaminated water or food) and multiplies in the intestine, from where it can invade the nervous
Poliomyelitis - World Health Organization (WHO) Requirements for poliomyelitis vaccine (oral) were first formulated in 1962 and revised in 1966 and 1972 when an appendix detailing the production of OPV in human diploid cells was added The Requirements were further updated 1982 following an accumulation of data particularly on the performance and evaluation of the monkey neurovirulence test
Poliomyelitis (polio) in the Western Pacific Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious viral disease that largely affects children under 5 years of age The virus is transmitted by person-to-person spread mainly through the faecal-oral route or, less frequently, by a common vehicle (e g contaminated water or food) and multiplies in the intestine, from where it can invade the nervous
Poliomielitis - World Health Organization (WHO) La poliomielitis afecta sobre todo a los menores de 5 años La atención de la iniciativa de erradicación de la poliomielitis está centrada en las bolsas persistentes de transmisión de la enfermedad existentes en el norte de Nigeria y en la frontera entre el Afganistán y el Pakistán
Poliomyelitis (polio) in the South-East Asia Region Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious viral disease that largely affects children under 5 years of age The virus is transmitted by person-to-person spread mainly through the faecal-oral route or, less frequently, by a common vehicle (e g contaminated water or food) and multiplies in the intestine, from where it can invade the nervous
Poliomyélite - World Health Organization (WHO) La poliomyélite touche principalement les enfants de moins de cinq ans Une infection sur 200 entraîne une paralysie irréversible Parmi les sujets paralysés, 5 à 10 % meurent lorsque leurs muscles respiratoires cessent de fonctionner