| H00376 | |
| H number | H00376 |
| Name | Acute poliomyelitis; Polio |
| Description | Acute poliomyelitis, often called polio, is an infectious disease caused by any of the three serotypes of poliovirus, an enterovirus in the Picornaviridae family of +ssRNA viruses. Only a small proportion of poliovirus infections results in paralytic poliomyelitis due to the viral invasion to the central nervous system. |
| Category | Viral infectious disease |
| Network | - |
| Gene | - |
| Pathogen | Poliovirus 1 [GN:T40344] Poliovirus 2 [GN:T40345] Poliovirus 3 [GN:T40346] |
| Env factor | - |
| Carcinogen | - |
| Drug | - |
| Comment | - |
| Other DBs | ICD-11: 1C81 ICD-10: A80 MeSH: D011051 MedlinePlus: 001402 |
| Reference | PMID:20978089 AUTHORS Nathanson N, Kew OM TITLE From emergence to eradication: the epidemiology of poliomyelitis deconstructed. JOURNAL Am J Epidemiol 172:1213-29 (2010) DOI:10.1093/aje/kwq320 |