Anam Ahmad
Protein shell
(capsid)
Genome: single
RNA molecule
(virology.rs)
(The Journal of Clinical Investigation)
(Wikipedia)
Primary multiplication
occurs in the
gastrointestinal tract.
(University of South Carolina School of Medicine)
(National Museum of American History)
Sub-Clinical: 95% of cases
Non-Paralytic: 4.5% of cases
Paralytic: 0.5% of cases
(Disabled-world.com)
(Wikipedia)
(BBC News)
(WGBH)
Salks
Vaccine
(1955)
(WGBH)
(1962)
(ICUBED.com)
Number of poliovirus cases in Pakistan between 1997 and 2008(WHO)
(Dawn.com)
(Global
Eradication
Initiative)
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