Which of the following is NOT true about poliomyelitis? None of the other four answers (All are true about poliomyelitis) Initial poliovirus replication occurs in the throat and small intestine Paralysis occurs in a high percentage of persons who are infected with poliovirus Poliovirus is sometimes spread to the central nervous system by viremia The Salk inactivated (killed whole agent) polio vaccine prevents paralytic polio but not community transmission of wild polioviruses 00000

Which of the following is NOT true about poliomyelitis? None of the other four answers (All are true about poliomyelitis) Initial poliovirus replication occurs in the throat and small intestine Paralysis occurs in a high percentage of persons who are infected with poliovirus Poliovirus is sometimes spread to the central nervous system by viremia The Salk inactivated (killed whole agent) polio vaccine prevents paralytic polio but not community transmission of wild polioviruses 00000

Biomedical Instrumentation Systems

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ISBN:9781133478294

Author:Chatterjee

Publisher:Chatterjee

Chapter17: Instrumentation In Intensive Care Units

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