post-polio syndrome

group of potentially disabling signs and symptoms that appear decades after the initial poliomyelitis illness
MedicalCondition infectious_disease Q220188
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post-polio syndrome

Summary

post-polio syndrome is an infectious disease[1]. It draws 360 Wikipedia views per month (infectious_disease category, ranking #119 of 279).[2]

Key Facts

  • post-polio syndrome's instance of is recorded as infectious disease[3].
  • post-polio syndrome's instance of is recorded as class of disease[4].
  • post-polio syndrome is a type of poliomyelitis[5].
  • post-polio syndrome is a type of disease[6].
  • post-polio syndrome's symptoms and signs is recorded as muscle weakness[7].
  • post-polio syndrome's symptoms and signs is recorded as sleep apnea[8].
  • post-polio syndrome's reference URL is recorded as https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/post-polio-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20355669[9].
  • post-polio syndrome's health specialty is recorded as infectious diseases[10].
  • post-polio syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_4952[11].
  • post-polio syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:4952[12].
  • post-polio syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_2942[13].
  • post-polio syndrome's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[14].

Why It Matters

post-polio syndrome draws 360 Wikipedia views per month (infectious_disease category, ranking #119 of 279).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Identifiers.org. registry.identifiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → poliomyelitis, disease
    Instance of → infectious disease, class of disease
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39742|batch #39742]]: subclass of disease, not instance"
  2. 13w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → poliomyelitis, disease
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39732|batch #39732]]: rm redundant subclass"
  3. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → poliomyelitis, disease
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Medicine
    Health specialty → infectious diseases
    Symptoms and signs → muscle weakness, sleep apnea
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007290699305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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