poliomyelitis
Let an agent explain poliomyelitis in general terms, relay vaccination, surveillance and eradication information from WHO and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, describe post-polio syndrome, and route personal questions to clinicians.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain poliomyelitis in general terms, relay vaccination, surveillance and eradication information from WHO and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, describe post-polio syndrome, and route personal questions to clinicians.
A highly infectious viral disease caused by poliovirus, spread mainly through contaminated water and food, that in a small proportion of infections attacks the nervous system and causes paralysis, sometimes permanent or fatal; polio has been driven close to eradication by vaccination, with wild poliovirus remaining endemic in only a few countries and vaccine-derived outbreaks monitored worldwide.
What it is for: Not applicable; a disease.
It can be explain cause, transmission and course; relay vaccination and eradication status; describe post-polio syndrome in general terms; route personal questions to clinicians.
Distinguishing features
Enterovirus spread by the faecal-oral route
Paralysis in a minority of cases
Vaccine-preventable
Target of global eradication
What it looks like
Not visible as an object; most infections are silent, some cause fever and stiffness, a few cause limb paralysis.
Physical character
paralytic cases per infection: about 1 in 200 ratio - WHO estimate
endemic countries: 2 countries - wild poliovirus in recent years; status changes
How it is recognised
Poliovirus infection with possible paralysis
Prevented by oral and inactivated vaccines
Other causes of acute flaccid paralysis are distinguished by surveillance
Related models
is a kind of - the category
is caused by - the pathogen
is prevented by - oral and inactivated
is targeted by - the eradication programme
In practice
Families and kinds
non-paralytic poliomyelitis
paralytic poliomyelitis
wild poliovirus types 1, 2 and 3, with types 2 and 3 declared eradicated
vaccine-derived poliovirus outbreaks
post-polio syndrome
Identifiers
ICD-10 A80
ICD-11 1C80
Standards and regulation
WHO polio eradication strategy and IHR emergency status
National immunisation schedules
Acute flaccid paralysis surveillance standards
Poliovirus laboratory containment rules
Failure modes and hazards
Permanent paralysis and death
Outbreaks where immunisation falls
Vaccine-derived virus in under-immunised populations
Agents giving personal medical advice
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.poliomyelitis
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What polio is.
General information.
Cause
Cause and course.
Cause
Cause.
- What causes polio, how does it spread, and what happens in infection? definition
- Is the user asking about their own symptoms or vaccination, which needs a clinician? boundary
Types
Virus types and forms.
Types
Types.
- What virus types exist, and how do vaccine-derived viruses arise? definition
- Which entry fits poliovirus? action
Prevent Vaccination.
Prevention.
Vaccines
Vaccines.
Vaccines
Vaccines.
- What vaccines exist, and what do national schedules recommend? provenance
- Which entry fits immunisation? action
Travel
Travel requirements.
Travel
Travel.
- What polio vaccination requirements apply to travel under IHR recommendations? provenance
- Which entry fits travel medicine? action
Eradicate Eradication and surveillance.
Public health.
Status
Eradication status.
Status
Status.
- What is the current eradication status, with figures and sources? measurement
- Is the information current and sourced? boundary
Surveillance
Surveillance.
Surveillance
Surveillance.
- How are cases and environmental samples monitored? provenance
- Which entry fits disease surveillance? action
Live Living with polio and history.
Context.
Post-polio
Post-polio syndrome.
Postpolio
Postpolio.
- What is post-polio syndrome, and what support exists, in general terms? provenance
- Which entry fits post-polio syndrome? action
History
History.
History
History.
- What is the history of polio epidemics and vaccines, and which references are standard? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of vaccination? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should post-polio syndrome be a separate entry?
- How should eradication status be linked and dated?
- The registry entry has merged aliases for unrelated conditions such as vestibular neuronitis; should they be removed?