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Lower limb weakness in infant with poliomyelitis

Healthcare worker supporting an infant, who was at an age when he should have been able to walk, however, poliomyelitis caused lower limb weakness that made him unable to support his own weight. (Source: PAHO/WHO, 1989. Unidentified Latin-American country. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Image Library. Public domain.)

Associated Disorders

  • Aseptic meningitis
  • Bulbar polio
  • Bulbospinal polio
  • Infantile paralysis
  • Nonparalytic polio
  • Paralytic polio
  • Polioencephalitis
  • Post-polio progressive muscular atrophy
  • Post-polio syndrome
  • Spinal paralytic polio