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Poliomyelitis, which is incurable and is spread through faeces, reached pandemic proportions in Europe and the United States in the early 20th century.
The Guardian World News Alex Duval Smith 2010
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The scientific name, "Poliomyelitis," is derived from the Greek words: polios, grey and myleos, marrow; for its chief feature is a softening of the grey spinal marrow.
Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration Louis Dechmann
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Atkinson W, Hamborsky J, McIntyre L and Wolfe S. "Poliomyelitis", Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (The Pink Book).
AMBL 2008
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Poliomyelitis, known as polio, is a viral disease that can cause paralysis.
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Poliomyelitis, known as polio, is a viral disease that can cause paralysis.
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Poliomyelitis, known as polio, is a viral disease that can cause paralysis.
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Poliomyelitis, known as polio, is a viral disease that can cause paralysis.
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Robbins, “Cultivation of the Lansing Strain of Poliomyelitis Virus in Cultures of Various Human Embryonic Tissues,” Science 49 (1949): 85–87; Fred S. Rosen, “Isolation of Poliovirus—John Enders and the Nobel Prize,” New England Journal of Medicine 351 (2004): 1481–83.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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A Fatal Case of Poliomyelitis, Journal of the American Medical Association 92: 1658–60.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Robbins, “Cultivation of the Lansing Strain of Poliomyelitis Virus in Cultures of Various Human Embryonic Tissues,” Science 49 (1949): 85–87; Fred S. Rosen, “Isolation of Poliovirus—John Enders and the Nobel Prize,” New England Journal of Medicine 351 (2004): 1481–83.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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