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   Polio vaccine

   Two polio vaccines are used throughout the world to combat poliomyelitis (or polio). ... The second was an oral vaccine developed by Albert Sabin using attenuated poliovirus that he had received from Hilary Koprowski.
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   Picornavirus

   The genome RNA is unusual because it has a protein on the 5' end that is used as a primer for transcription by RNA polymerase. ... The plaque assay was developed using poliovirus.
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   Post-polio syndrome

   Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), neuroimaging, and electrophysiological studies, muscle biopsies, or spinal fluid analysis may also be used in establishing a PPS diagnosis. ... Poliovirus
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   Phosphoamino acid analysis

   A protein is first phosphorylated using 32P-labeled ATP, usually via an in vitro kinase assay. ... Rothberg, P.G., Harris, T.J.R., Nomoto, A., and Wimmer, E. (1978) O4-(5'-uridylyl)tyrosine is the bond between the genome-linked protein and the RNA of poliovirus.
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   Tg-PVR mouse

   Tg-PVR mouse is a transgenic mouse, developed in Central Institute for Experimental Animals (CIEA), carrying the human poliovirus receptor (PVR) gene, to be used in testing neurovirulence of oral polio vaccine (OPV).
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   Aseptic meningitis

   Poliovirus ... Phenytoin and other anticonvulsants can be used if seizures occur, but prophylaxis is not recommended.
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   Hopkins syndrome

   In several cases, anti-viral antibody titers for echovirus, enterovirus, coxsackievirus and poliovirus types 1, 2 and 3 were specifically sought; all were negative., There is one reported case in which Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection was found in the patient.

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Polio vaccine,
• Picornavirus,
• Post-polio syndrome,
• Phosphoamino acid analysis,
• Tg-PVR mouse,
• Aseptic meningitis,
• Hopkins syndrome