"Poliomyelitis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An acute infectious disease of humans, particularly children, caused by any of three serotypes of human poliovirus (POLIOVIRUS). Usually the infection is limited to the gastrointestinal tract and nasopharynx, and is often asymptomatic. The central nervous system, primarily the spinal cord, may be affected, leading to rapidly progressive paralysis, coarse FASCICULATION and hyporeflexia. Motor neurons are primarily affected. Encephalitis may also occur. The virus replicates in the nervous system, and may cause significant neuronal loss, most notably in the spinal cord. A rare related condition, nonpoliovirus poliomyelitis, may result from infections with nonpoliovirus enteroviruses. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp764-5)
| Descriptor ID |
D011051
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.782.687.359.764 C10.228.228.618.750 C10.228.854.525.850 C10.668.864
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| Concept/Terms |
Poliomyelitis- Poliomyelitis
- Poliomyelitis, Acute
- Acute Poliomyelitis
- Epidemic Acute Poliomyelitis
- Acute Poliomyelitis, Epidemic
- Poliomyelitis, Epidemic Acute
- Poliomyelitis Infection
- Infection, Poliomyelitis
- Infections, Poliomyelitis
- Poliomyelitis Infections
- Polio
- Polios
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Poliomyelitis" by people in Profiles.
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Christian KA, Iuliano AD, Uyeki TM, Mintz ED, Nichol ST, Rollin P, Staples JE, Arthur RR. What We Are Watching-Top Global Infectious Disease Threats, 2013-2016: An Update from CDC's Global Disease Detection Operations Center. Health Secur. 2017 Sep/Oct; 15(5):453-462.
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Akil L, Ahmad HA. The recent outbreaks and reemergence of poliovirus in war and conflict-affected areas. Int J Infect Dis. 2016 Aug; 49:40-6.
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Christian KA, Ijaz K, Dowell SF, Chow CC, Chitale RA, Bresee JS, Mintz E, Pallansch MA, Wassilak S, McCray E, Arthur RR. What we are watching--five top global infectious disease threats, 2012: a perspective from CDC's Global Disease Detection Operations Center. Emerg Health Threats J. 2013 Jul 03; 6:20632.
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Turner T. Development of the polio vaccine: a historical perspective of Tuskegee University's role in mass production and distribution of HeLa cells. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2012 Nov; 23(4 Suppl):5-10.
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Tabatabai M, Williams DK, Bursac Z. Hyperbolastic growth models: theory and application. Theor Biol Med Model. 2005 Mar 30; 2:14.
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Okamoto GA, Varney JM, Brown MH, Goebert DA. Polio survivors in Hawaii: new problems of health and disability. Hawaii Med J. 1990 Mar; 49(3):84, 87-90.