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Photos of the Disease
From the Public Health Image Library
http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp
Electron micrograph of the poliovirus.
A photomicrograph of skeletal muscle tissue revealing myotonic dystrophic changes as a result of Polio Type III.
Scanning electron photomicrograph of polio virions.
Images of People Affected by the Disease
From the Public Health Image Library
http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp
This child is displaying a deformity of her right lower extremity due to polio caused by the poliovirus, an enterovirus member.
Man on street with polio.
This patient sustained upper extremity paralysis due to the due to polio caused by the poliovirus, an enterovirus member.
From the Immunization Action Coalition
www.vaccineinformation.org/polio/photos.asp (exit)
Boys with polio.
The wild poliovirus usually paralyses children under five years old.
Boy with polio, Menagesha, at the Cheshire Home for Handicapped Children.
Courtesy of World Health Organization
View more pictures on the Polio Eradication website at
www.polioeradication.org/features/photos/photogallery.asp (exit)
Additional Images and Regulations
- Canadian Immunization Awareness Program (exit)
- Immunization Action Coalition (exit)
- Immunization Education Organization (exit)
- Public Health Image Library (PHIL)
- Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
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Content last reviewed on April 22, 2007
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases