Nov 11, 2025 · Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious viral disease that largely affects children under 5 years of age. The virus is transmitted by person-to-person spread mainly through the faecal-oral …

Apr 2, 2025 · WHO fact sheet on poliomyelitis, a highly infectious disease caused by a virus. The fact sheet includes key facts, global caseload, Global Eradication Initiative, progress, WHO response.

La poliomielitis afecta sobre todo a los menores de 5 años. La atención de la iniciativa de erradicación de la poliomielitis está centrada en las bolsas persistentes de transmisión de la enfermedad …

Apr 2, 2025 · The poliovirus can easily be imported into a polio-free country and can spread rapidly amongst unimmunized populations. Failure to eradicate polio would result in global resurgence of the …

Feb 12, 2026 · Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious viral disease that largely affects children under 5 years of age. The virus is transmitted by person-to-person spread mainly through the faecal-oral …

Apr 2, 2025 · La poliomyélite touche principalement les enfants de moins de cinq ans. Une infection sur 200 entraîne une paralysie irréversible. Parmi les sujets paralysés, 5 à 10 % meurent lorsque leurs …

Aug 16, 2020 · Polio can be prevented through immunization. Polio vaccine, given multiple times, almost always protects a child for life. The development of effective vaccines to prevent paralytic polio was …

Poliomyelitis is an acute communicable disease of humans caused by a human enterovirus of the Picornaviridae family.

28 November 2024, CopenhagenPoliovirus has been detected through routine surveillance of wastewater systems in 3 countries in the WHO European Region (Germany, Poland and Spain) …

Mar 7, 2025 · To date, there have been 10 circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) emergencies derived from nOPV2, in comparison, estimates show that if Sabin OPV had been used …