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MeSH Heading: Poliomyelitis
Tree Number(s): C01.207.618.750; C01.925.782.687.359.764; C10.228.228.618.750; C10.228.854.525.850; C10.586.750.850; C10.668.864
Unique ID: D011051
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011051
Scope Note: An acute infectious disease of humans, particularly children, caused by any of three serotypes of human poliovirus (POLIOVIRUS). Usually the infection is limited to the gastrointestinal tract and nasopharynx, and is often asymptomatic. The central nervous system, primarily the spinal cord, may be affected, leading to rapidly progressive paralysis, coarse FASCICULATION and hyporeflexia. Motor neurons are primarily affected. Encephalitis may also occur. The virus replicates in the nervous system, and may cause significant neuronal loss, most notably in the spinal cord. A rare related condition, nonpoliovirus poliomyelitis, may result from infections with nonpoliovirus enteroviruses. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp764-5)
Entry Term(s): Encephalitis, Polio; Epidemic Acute Poliomyelitis; Infantile Paralysis; Polio; Polio Encephalitis; Poliomyelitis Infection; Poliomyelitis, Acute; Poliomyelitis, Nonpoliovirus; Poliomyelitis, Preparalytic
See Also: Postpoliomyelitis Syndrome
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

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immunology (IM)

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microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

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pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

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Concept UI: M0017112
Scope Note: An acute infectious disease of humans, particularly children, caused by any of three serotypes of human poliovirus (POLIOVIRUS). Usually the infection is limited to the gastrointestinal tract and nasopharynx, and is often asymptomatic. The central nervous system, primarily the spinal cord, may be affected, leading to rapidly progressive paralysis, coarse FASCICULATION and hyporeflexia. Motor neurons are primarily affected. Encephalitis may also occur. The virus replicates in the nervous system, and may cause significant neuronal loss, most notably in the spinal cord. A rare related condition, nonpoliovirus poliomyelitis, may result from infections with nonpoliovirus enteroviruses. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp764-5)
Terms: Poliomyelitis Preferred Term
Term UI T032487
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Poliomyelitis Infection
Term UI T000909081
Date10/07/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Polio
Term UI T032488
Date01/31/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Epidemic Acute Poliomyelitis
Term UI T370009
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Poliomyelitis, Acute
Term UI T370014
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000)

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