MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a disabling and life-threatening disease caused by the poliovirus . The virus spreads from person to person and can infect a person’s spinal cord, causing paralysis (can’t move parts of the body).

Detailed explanation-2: -Polio is an illness caused by a virus that mainly affects nerves in the spinal cord or brain stem. In its most severe form, polio can lead to a person being unable to move certain limbs, also called paralysis. It can also lead to trouble breathing and sometimes death. The disease also is called poliomyelitis.

Detailed explanation-3: -Poliovirus-induced destruction of motor neurons of the anterior horn of the spinal cord and brain stem cells results in distinctive paralysis.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are three types of wild poliovirus (WPV): type 1, type 2, and type 3. People must protect themselves against all three types of the virus to prevent polio disease. Polio vaccination is the best protection. Type 2 wild poliovirus was declared eradicated in September 2015.