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nounan acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cordtype of:
Definition that contains polio
- salk United States virologist who developed the Salk vaccine that is injected against poliomyelitis (born 1914)
- sabin United States microbiologist (born in Poland) who developed the Sabin vaccine that is taken orally against poliomyelitis (born 1906)
- poliovirus the virus causing poliomyelitis
- salk vaccine a poliovirus vaccine consisting of inactivated polio virus that is injected subcutaneously to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
- coxsackie virus enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis
- jonas salk United States virologist who developed the Salk vaccine that is injected against poliomyelitis (born 1914)
- poliovirus vaccine vaccine prepared from poliovirus to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
- topv an oral vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
- coxsackievirus enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis
- opv an oral vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis