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The correct statements about polio are: A. The polio virus is spread through contaminated water or food. B. The polio virus is a communicable disease. C. If the parents have polio their children must have polio. D. It is a highly infectious viral disease, which mainly affects young children.

The correct statements about polio are: A. The polio virus is spread through contaminated water or food. B. The polio virus is a communicable disease. C. If the parents have polio their children must have polio. D. It is a highly infectious viral disease, which mainly affects young children. Correct Answer Only A, B & D

Explanation:

About Polio:

  • Polio is nothing but the term or synonym of the disease Poliomyelitis. 
  • It is a viral disease that mainly affects young children.
  • The virus is transmitted by person-to-person i.e. it is a communicable disease. 
  • It is transmitted through the faecal-oral route and by contaminated water or food.
  • Initial symptoms of polio include fever, fatigue, headache, vomiting, stiffness in the neck, and pain in the limbs.
  • In a small proportion of cases, the disease causes paralysis, which is often permanent.
  • There is no cure for polio, it can only be prevented by immunization.

Thus, 

A. The polio virus is spread through contaminated water or food is correct.

B. The polio virus is a communicable disease is correct.

C. If the parents have polio their children must have polio is incorrect.

D. It is a highly infectious viral disease, which mainly affects young children is correct.

  • India was the first country in the world to introduce fractional-dose inactivated poliovirus vaccine into its immunization programme.
  • India rolled out the Pulse Polio Immunization Programme on 2 October 1995. 
  • Within two decades, India received ‘Polio-free certification’ from World Health Organization on 27 March 2014.
  • The last polio case being reported in Howrah in West Bengal on 13 January 2011.
  • A live attenuated (weakened) oral polio vaccine (OPV) was developed by Dr Albert Sabin and first used in 1961.
  • An inactivated (killed) polio vaccine (IPV) was developed by Dr Jonas Salk and first used in 1955.

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