Polio
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Polio
(Deadly diseases and epidemics)
Chelsea House Publishers, c2003
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  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
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  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
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  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-92) and index
Contents of Works
- The history of polio
- The transmission of polio and how it affects the body
- Vaccines and how they work
- The life of Jonas Salk
- The life of Albert Sabin
- Nobody is exempt
- Just when we thought it was safe: post-polio syndrome
- What lies ahead: the future of polio
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Experts in the field of microbiology tell the great detective stories of how some of the world's best-known deadly disease-causing microbes were first isolated, identified, and studied. Readers learn how these deadly viruses and bacteria cause disease and what steps have been taken to eradicate them. Throughout the first half of the 20th century, polio left victims all over the world with paralysis and weakened muscles. This volume describes the epidemiology of the disease and its effects on the human body.
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