Poliovirus: An enterovirus in the family Picornaviridae. There are three distinct serotypes, with Type 1 responsible for 85% of the cases of paralytic polio and most epidemics.
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Poliovirus: acute infectious disease of humans, particularly children, caused by any of three serotypes of human poliovirus; infection is usually 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 and encephalitis may also occur; replicates in the nervous system, and may cause significant neuronal loss, most notably in the spinal cord.
Source: Diseases Database
Poliovirus: a common infection of the gastrointestinal tract which is usually silent; when the CNS is infected there is damage to the anterior horn cells and motor paralysis; causes similar disease in chimpanzees and monkeys when injected.
Source: CRISP
Poliovirus: A species of ENTEROVIRUS which is the causal agent of POLIOMYELITIS in humans. Three serotypes (strains) exist. Transmission is by the fecal-oral route, pharyngeal secretions, or mechanical vector (flies). Vaccines with both inactivated and live attenuated virus have proven effective in immunizing against the infection.
Source: MeSH 2007
Source: Diseases Database
Source - MeSH 2007
Source - MeSH 2007
Source - CRISP
Source: CRISP
Source: CRISP
The following list attempts to classify Poliovirus into categories where each line is subset of the next.
Source: Diseases Database
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