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Boy with acquired poliomyelitis and lower limb paralysis

A young child being supported by a healthcare worker atop a clinic table. Although the child looks to be old enough to be able to walk on his own, after having acquired poliomyelitis, the resulting lower limb paralysis prevented him from supporting his own weight. (Source: PAHO/WHO, 1989. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Image Library. Public domain.)

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