Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a highly infectious virus that can cause paralysis and death by infecting the spinal cord, ... That’s what is known as abortive poliomyelitis.

For the first time in a decade, a US citizen has been diagnosed with polio, a disease that once devasted communities around the world. Here’s what you need to know about the signs, symptoms and ...

Abortive poliomyelitis. This is a milder form of polio and is referred to as Minor Polio. About 4 to 8% of infected individuals develop minor polio symptoms.

Polio is a highly contagious viral infection that causes paralysis, ... Symptomatic polio can be broken down further into a mild form, called non-paralytic or abortive polio, ...

In addition, about 40,000 children mostly in California, Idaho, New Mexico and Arizona developed the stiff neck, headache, fever and muscle weakness of abortive polio, a short-lived and milder ...

The second manifestation is called abortive poliomyelitis, consisting of a mild febrile illness characterized by headache, sore throat, and nausea/vomiting.

Of the 120,000 total doses it distributed, 40,000 recipients developed abortive poliomyelitis, a less severe form of polio that doesn’t affect the central nervous system.