>In a message dated 99-01-14 02:45:28 EST, you write:
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> Not coincidence Nancy - Inflamation of the spinal chord caused by polio
> virus - hence poliomyelitis!
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> JanB
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>Ah-ha! Isn't polio caused by a virus?
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>Nancy
It certainly is Nancy - that's what I'm saying!
755 Characteristics of Poliomyelitis
| Acute Poliomyelitis: Poliomyelitis is a highly contagious infectious
disease caused by the poliovirus, an enterovirus. Most poliovirus infections
are asymptomatic. Symptomatic cases are typically characterized by two
phases the first, a nonspecific febrile illness, is followed by aseptic
meningitis ...
http://www.prys.net/medinfo/charofpolio.htm (Infoseek)