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What is
the treatment for polio?
There is
no treatment for polio. A polio patient must receive expert
medical care, especially at the beginning of the illness.
How common
is polio?
In the
United States, the last case of "wild" polio was in 1979. Wild
polio is naturally circulating polio that is not caused by the
oral polio vaccine. Except for an occasional importation, all
cases of paralytic polio since 1979 have been caused by the
oral polio vaccine. However, thousands of polo infections
still occur in other parts of the world. Most cases are
reported from Asia and Africa.
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