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* Not having been [[vaccinated]] | * Not having been [[vaccinated]] | ||
* Traveling to countries where [[polio]] occurs | * Traveling to countries where [[polio]] occurs | ||
* [[Immune deficiency]] | |||
* Injections | |||
* Malnutrition | |||
Factors that increase the risk of developing poliomyelitis, after [[infection]] with [[poliovirus]] include:<ref name="pmid15885840">{{cite journal| author=Mueller S, Wimmer E, Cello J| title=Poliovirus and poliomyelitis: a tale of guts, brains, and an accidental event. | journal=Virus Res | year= 2005 | volume= 111 | issue= 2 | pages= 175-93 | pmid=15885840 | doi=10.1016/j.virusres.2005.04.008 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15885840 }} </ref> | Factors that increase the risk of developing poliomyelitis, after [[infection]] with [[poliovirus]] include:<ref name="pmid15885840">{{cite journal| author=Mueller S, Wimmer E, Cello J| title=Poliovirus and poliomyelitis: a tale of guts, brains, and an accidental event. | journal=Virus Res | year= 2005 | volume= 111 | issue= 2 | pages= 175-93 | pmid=15885840 | doi=10.1016/j.virusres.2005.04.008 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15885840 }} </ref> | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: João André Alves Silva, M.D. [2]
Overview
Risk Factors
Risk factors for the development of poliomyelitis include:[1]
- Not having been vaccinated
- Traveling to countries where polio occurs
- Immune deficiency
- Injections
- Malnutrition
Factors that increase the risk of developing poliomyelitis, after infection with poliovirus include:[2]
- Muscle trauma
- Excessive exercise
- Injections
- Pregnancy
- B-cell immunodeficiency
- Tonsilectomy
References
- ↑ "Polyomavirus".
- ↑ Mueller S, Wimmer E, Cello J (2005). "Poliovirus and poliomyelitis: a tale of guts, brains, and an accidental event". Virus Res. 111 (2): 175–93. doi:10.1016/j.virusres.2005.04.008. PMID 15885840.