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Polio is a viral disease. WHO extends facilities to members nations to fight against Polio. (a) It is acute viral infection caused by DNA virus. (b) Poliomylitis is commonly called as Polio. (c) Pulse Polio immunization programe launched in India in 1995. (d) Now Polio is already eradicated from India. Which of the statement/s given above is/are correct?

Polio is a viral disease. WHO extends facilities to members nations to fight against Polio. (a) It is acute viral infection caused by DNA virus. (b) Poliomylitis is commonly called as Polio. (c) Pulse Polio immunization programe launched in India in 1995. (d) Now Polio is already eradicated from India. Which of the statement/s given above is/are correct? Correct Answer (b), (c) and (d)

The correct answer is (b), (c), and (d).

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Key Points

  •  Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a disabling and life-threatening disease caused by the poliovirus. The virus can infect a person’s spinal cord, causing paralysis (can’t move parts of the body). Hence statement b is correct.
  • India committed to a resolution passed by World Health Assembly for global polio eradication in 1988. National Immunization Day (NID) commonly known as the Pulse Polio Immunization program was launched in India in 1995 and is conducted twice in the early part of each year. Hence statement c is correct.
  • Additionally, multiple rounds (at least two) of sub-national immunization day (SNID) have been conducted over the years in high-risk states/areas. In these campaigns, children in the age group of 0-5 years are administered polio drops.
  • Oral polio drops are provided to all children less than five years of age in a routine immunization program. 
  • Before rolling out of the program the country accounted for around 60% of the global polio cases.
  • Within two decades, India received ‘Polio-free certification’ from World Health Organization on 27 March 2014. Hence statement d is correct.
  • Poliovirus is a positive-stranded RNA virus. Thus, the genome encapsulated inside the viral particle can be used as messenger RNA and immediately translated by the host cell. On entry, the virus takes over the cell's translation machinery, Inhibiting the cellular protein synthesis in favor of virus-specific protein production. Hence statement a is incorrect.

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