1. Polio EradicationFrom Emergency to “Endgame” Dr. Anil Kumar District Immunization & Child Health Officer DoPHFW, KURNOOL 2.  In 2012, the world saw the fewest…

1. Vaccinations in Pregnancy Doris K Ramirez MD UAG Obstetrics 2. Adult immunization rates have fallen short of national goals, partly because of misconceptions about…

1. The Unknown Facts of Polio 6/3/2015 2.  Polio was known as a ubiquitous, relatively benign enterovirus. What events occurred to encourage the polio epidemics of the…

Poliomyelitis Harish Jairam 10-13-2003 History Associated with man since ancient times Egyptian hieroglyph indicates presence since 1400 BC 1840 - Heinle characterizes poliomyelitis…

Slide 1 Slide 2  Two million deaths prevented by vaccines and immunizations today 1  Temperature-dependence of Vaccines  Mishandling vaccines can damage them permanently…

Slide 1 The Prime Minister of Pakistan launching NIDs Slide 2 Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) Protect against poliomyelitis 4 doses (1st dose soon after birth and then at 6, 10…

Slide 1 Lecture 14 Phylogenetics Slide 2 Today: What is a phylogenetic tree? How are trees inferred using molecular data? How do you assess confidence in trees and clades…

Slide 1 Immunodeficiency disease Slide 2 Introduction of Immunodeficiency disease Immune deficiency is a malfunction or a deficiency in one or more components of the immune…

Poliovirus By: Ben Strozyk Poliovirus Causes poliomyelitis (aka polio) or infantile paralysis Discovery In 1909 by Karl Landsteiner and Erwin Popper (his assistant) Type…

History of Polio The Rotary Advantage in Global Polio Eradication effort 1580-1342 BC An Egyptian stele depicts a priest with a withered leg leaning on a staff, Suggesting…