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Rotavirus infection

Rotavirus infection (rotavirus gastroenteritis) is an acute infectious disease caused by rotaviruses, characterized by symptoms of general intoxication and damage to the gastrointestinal tract with the development of gastroenteritis.

Polio - Treatment

Patients with poliomyelitis (and even those suspected of having poliomyelitis) are subject to emergency isolation in specialized departments or boxes. There are no specific antiviral drugs. In the pre-paralytic and paralytic periods, absolute rest is required, since any physical activity accelerates the development and increases the severity of paralysis.

Polio - Diagnosis

The diagnosis of poliomyelitis is based on the characteristic clinical picture (acute onset of the disease with fever, development of meningoradicular syndrome, peripheral paresis, paralysis with hypotension, hypo- or areflexia, hypo- or atrophy without sensory impairment) and epidemiological data: contact with sick or recently vaccinated people.

Polio - Symptoms

The inapparent form of poliomyelitis, which develops in almost 90% of cases, is a healthy virus carrier, with no symptoms of poliomyelitis, and the virus does not go beyond the lymphopharyngeal ring and intestines. The infection is judged by the results of virological and serological studies.

Poliomyelitis - Causes and Pathogenesis

The causative agent of poliomyelitis is an RNA-containing poliovirus of the Picornaviridae family of the Enterovirus genus, 15-30 nm in size. There are 3 known serotypes of the virus: I - Brunhilda (isolated from a sick monkey with this nickname), II - Lansing (isolated in the town of Lansing) and III - Leon (isolated from a sick boy named McLeon). All types are similar in structure and differ in the sequence of nucleotides.

Polio

Poliomyelitis [from the Greek polio (gray), myelos (brain)] is an acute viral anthroponotic infectious disease with a fecal-oral mechanism of transmission of the pathogen, which is characterized by the predominant damage to the motor neurons of the spinal cord and brain with the development of paralysis.

Enterovirus Infections - Treatment and Prevention

Hospitalization is carried out according to clinical indications. There is no etiotropic treatment for enterovirus infections. Detoxification treatment for enterovirus infections is carried out.

Enterovirus Infections - Diagnosis

Diagnosis of enterovirus infection during an epidemic outbreak and typical clinical manifestations usually does not cause difficulties, but requires laboratory confirmation. Diagnosis of atypical and mild forms of the disease is often difficult.

Enterovirus Infections - Symptoms

The incubation period of enterovirus infection is from 2 to 10 days, on average 3-4 days. Often there are combined signs of various clinical forms - mixed forms of enterovirus diseases.

Enterovirus infections - Causes and pathogenesis

The pathogenesis of enterovirus infections has not been sufficiently studied, since viruses can multiply in the intestinal wall without causing disease. The disease occurs when the body's resistance decreases.