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| What type of virus is poliovirus? |
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| What major disease does poliovirus cause? |
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| What is the major route of transmission for poliovirus? |
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| Test(s) used to confirm infection with poliovirus? |
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| call CDC for sequencing of feces and CSF |
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| What is the pathogenesis of poliovirus? |
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| viremia, invasion of CNS, lytic infection of anterior horn cells |
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| Vaccines available for poliovirus? |
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| Antiviral therapy for poliovirus? |
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| Long term consequence(s) of poliovirus infection? |
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