Polio Place

Wikipedia - Poliomyelitis

The entry on Polio is broad-based with historical, clinical, and current information that is organized into categories such as Cause, Transmission, Classification, Mechanism, Prognosis, Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention, Eradication, and History. Includes charts, pictures and graphics. Also contains short biograhies of high-profile polio survivors in the fields of Science and Medicine, Business, Politics, Disability Rights Activists, Music, Visual Arts, Writers, Sports, Film, Television and  Radio.

The section on Post-Polio Syndrome contains information and internal links that emphasize Symptoms, Causes, Criteria for Diagnosis, Management, Prognosis, Epidemiology and References.  (Wikipedia content on post-polio syndrome is only recommended as basic introductory information and not comprehensive or current as published in peer-reviewed journals.)

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