News tagged with polio virus
Scavenger cells accomplices to viruses
Mucosal epithelia do not have any receptors on the outer membrane for the absorption of viruses like hepatitis C, herpes, the adenovirus or polio, and are thus well-protected against pathogenic germs. However, certain viruses, ...
Jul 21, 2011 |
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New vaccine to assist worldwide eradication of polio
Scientists at the University of Leeds are joining the global fight to eradicate polio by developing a new type of vaccine that can trick the body to develop immunity against the disease.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 14, 2010 |
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WHO: over 85M African kids get polio vaccination
(AP) -- The World Health Organization says more than 85 million children under 5 in west and central Africa will be vaccinated against polio.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 05, 2010 |
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Polio surge in Nigeria after vaccine virus mutates
(AP) -- Polio, the dreaded paralyzing disease stamped out in the industrialized world, is spreading in Nigeria. And health officials say in some cases, it's caused by the vaccine used to fight it.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 14, 2009 |
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