polio virus

Epidemiology

• 3 major strains.
• type 2 was declared eradicated worldwide in 2015

Laboratory

• poliovirus serology
• poliovirus identified by culture from stool

More general terms

• enterovirus

Additional terms

• polio virus vaccine, inactivated (IPOL, IPV, Poliovax, Salk vaccine)
• polio virus vaccine,live, trivalent, oral (Orimune, OPV, Sabin vaccine, TOPV)
• poliomyelitis
• poliovirus receptor; nectin-like protein 5; necl-5; CD155 (PVR, PVS)