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What can you tell me about poliomyelitis?
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Polio: Poliomyelitis is mostly eradicated in the modern world due to vaccines, and the disease exists mainly in feudal and primitive countries such as iran. It is caused by a virus which passes into the GI tract and then enters the spine. It affects the nerve cell body causing severe focal weakness and muscular atrophy, but can allow prevent breathing.
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