Polio and Post-Polio Syndrome

• Latest News
• Newer Polio Vaccine Ends Rare U.S. Cases (10/12/2004, Reuters Health)

• From the National Institutes of Health
• Post-Polio Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Overviews
• Polio: The Disease and Virus (World Health Organization)
• Post-Polio Syndrome (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

• Diagnosis/Symptoms
• Late Effects of Polio: An Overview (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network)

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Poliomyelitis (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Postpoliomyelitis Syndrome (National Institutes of Health)

• Specific Conditions
• Oral Polio Vaccine and HIV / AIDS (National Immunization Program)
• Poliomyelitis: Health Information for International Travel (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Simian Virus 40 (SV40), Polio Vaccine, and Cancer (National Immunization Program)

• Prevention/Screening
• Polio Vaccines: What You Need to Know (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Links to PDF File
• Polio: Risk Factors for Infection (World Health Organization)

• Disease Management
• Information about the Late Effects of Polio (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Statement about Exercise for Survivors of Polio (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network)

• Related Issues
• JAMA Patient Page: Polio (American Medical Association)

• Directories
• Post-Polio Directory--2004: Clinics, USA (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network)
• Post-Polio Directory--2004: Health Professionals, USA (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network)
• Post-Polio Directory--2004: Support Groups, USA (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network)

• Organizations
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
• Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network
• World Health Organization

• Newsletters/Print Publications
• Global Polio Eradication Initiative Newsletter (World Health Organization)

• Law and Policy
• Social Security in USA (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network)

• Children
• Polio (Nemours Foundation)

• Other Languages
• Análise dos Efeitos Tardios da Poliomielite (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network) - In Portuguese
• Effets Tardifs de la Polio: Une Vue D'Ensemble (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network) - In French
• Spätfolgen von Kinderlähmung (Poliomyelitis): Eine Übersicht (Post-Polio Health International including International Ventilator Users Network) - In German