POLIO
Disease information
POLIO
Poliovirus more frequent is the one of type I.
The main transmitters are the smaller
children
of 5 years and the virus transmits
itself
by direct bonding with secretions of the throat, saliva, snot and lees (excrement) of person an infected and rare time, of indirect form through the water, foods contaminated or by means of contaminated objects.
The virus is easy to acquire because it manages to survive several hours in the human excrement, in the water of the pipes and also he is able to live in temperatures of 0 degrees Celsius, reason why the protection by means of the vaccine is very important.
It is prepared with the administration of the Sabín vaccine, that is so effective, that in
Mexico
its effectiveness is superior to 90% and near 100% when three or more doses for the three serotipos are applied (I, II and III) and from 1990 any case of poliomielitis does not appear, which indicates that the
disease
is controlled,
but
not eradicated.
IMPORTANT the content of this note is informative and it does not replace the medical diagnosis, reason why we do not become people in
charge
by the use of the information.
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