| Disease/Syndrome |
Poliomyelitis |
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| Category |
Infection, Occupational |
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| Acute/Chronic |
Acute-Severe |
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| Synonyms |
Polioviral fever; Infantile paralysis; Polio; Polio encephalitis; Epidemic acute poliomyelitis |
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| Biomedical References |
Search PubMed |
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| Comments |
“The last cases of indigenously acquired polio in the United States occurred in 1979. . . . To eliminate the risk for vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis, OPV [live oral poliovirus vaccine] was no longer recommended for routine immunization in the United States as of January 1, 2000. . . . Adults who are traveling to polio-endemic areas and are unimmunized or whose vaccination status is unknown should receive IPV [inactivated poliovirus vaccine].” [Health Information for International Travel, 2001-2002. CDC. p. 131-3] |
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| Latency/Incubation |
7-14 days with a range of 3-35 days |
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| Diagnostic |
Viral culture; Paired sera; |
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| ICD-9 Code |
045 |
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| Available Vaccine |
Yes |
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| Reference Link |
CDC - Poliomeyelitis PDF File |
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| Related Information in Haz-Map |
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| Symptoms/Findings |
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| Job Tasks |
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