poliomyelitis
human disease
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Summary
poliomyelitis is a notifiable disease[1]. poliomyelitis draws 22,904 Wikipedia views per month (notifiable disease category, ranking #11 of 5).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of disease[3], symptom or sign[4]
- Named after: Jakob Heine[5], Karl Oskar Medin[6]
- Subclass of: viral infectious disease[7], peripheral neuropathy[8], acquired motor neuron disease[9], central nervous system viral disease[10], Enterovirus infectious disease[11], pandemic and epidemic-prone diseases[12], infectious disease[13]
- Commons category: Polio[14]
- ICPC 2 ID: N70[15]
- Symptoms and signs: muscle weakness[16], paralysis[17], paresis[18], meningism signs[19], fever[20], vomiting[21], diarrhea[22]
- Has cause: poliovirus[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Polio[24]
- Medical examination: physical examination[25], viral culture[26], serological test[27]
- Possible treatment: symptomatic treatment[28], massage[29], physiotherapy[30], hypnotic[31], orthopedic surgery[32], anti-inflammatory agent[33]
- Anatomical location: peripheral nervous system[34]
- Disease transmission process: fecal–oral route[35], contact transmission[36]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[37], Otto's encyclopedia[38], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[39], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[40], Small Soviet Encyclopedia[41]
- Has effect: Otter Valley polio epidemic[42], 1916 polio epidemic[43]
- Has natural reservoir: human[44]
- ICD-9-CM: 045[45], 045.9[46]
Why It Matters
poliomyelitis has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] poliomyelitis is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]