Poliomyelitis
121Eradication of infectious diseases — Eradication is the reduction of an infectious disease s prevalence in the global host population to zero.[1] It is sometimes confused with elimination, which describes either the reduction of an infectious disease s prevalence in a regional… …
122vaccine — Originally, the live v. (vaccinia, cowpox) virus inoculated in the skin as prophylaxis against smallpox and obtained from the skin of calves inoculated with seed virus. Usage has extended the meaning to include essentially any preparation… …
123Negative pressure ventilator — This article is about the medical device. For the band, see Iron Lung (band). Negative pressure ventilator Intervention An Emerson iron lung. The patient lies within the chamber, which when sealed provides an effectively oscillating atmospheric… …
124List of notifiable diseases — The following is a list of notifiable diseases arranged by country.AustraliaSource: [Australia: [http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/cda surveil nndss dislist.htm Australian national notifiable diseases list and case… …
125Action Medical Research — is a British medical research charity, founded in 1952, that focusses on funding research to prevent and treat disease and disability in babies and children.[1][2] Action Medical Research (Registered Charity No. 208701[1]) is based in Horsham,… …
126Hopkins syndrome — Hopkins syndrome, sometimes called acute post asthmatic amyotrophy, is an acute attack of muscle weakness that arises in a small number of patients with asthma, usually following a severe asthma attack. It is exceptionally rare; there are not… …
127Charles Armstrong (physician) — Charles Armstrong Born September 25, 1886(1886 09 25) Alliance, Ohio Died June 23, 1967(1967 06 23) (aged 80) Bethesda, Maryland Occupation Physician in the U.S. Public Health Service …
128Post-Polio Health International — (PHI), is a relatively new name for a non profit organization that officially began its work in 1960. For many years it was known in medical, rehabilitation, and disability circles variously as GINI, or the International Polio Network, or the… …
