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Poliomyelitis cases in the United States, 1912-2001

(Figure prepared by Dr. Douglas J Lanska. Source for plotted data: U.S. Census Bureau. No. HS-18. Specified reportable diseases--cases per 100,000 population: 1912 to 2001. Statistical abstract of the United States, 2003. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2004/compendia/statab/123ed/hist/hs-18.pdf.)

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