[DOC] [TLE] Poliomyelitis - Wikipedia [PAR] Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an infectious disease 
caused by the ..... It can lead to paralysis of the arms and legs and may also affect 
swallowing ..... was later called infantile paralysis, based on its propensity to 
affect children. ..... "The mop-up: eradicating polio from the planet, one child at a 
time". [DOC] [TLE] Poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis, polio) [PAR] Polio is a viral disease which may affect the spinal cord causing muscle 
weakness and ... Polio is more common in infants and young children and occurs 
under... [DOC] [TLE] Neuromuscular Conditions | Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare [PAR] We focus on congenital neuromuscular conditions that affect nerves and muscles 
and ... Because the nerves lack a gene that helps maintain their function, they ... 
SMA I, also called infantile onset or Werdnig-Hoffmann disease, is the most 
severe ... Friedreich's ataxia (FA) mainly affects the spinal cord and the nerves 
that... [DOC] [TLE] polio facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about ... [PAR] The affected muscles may be on both sides of the body (symmetric paralysis), but 
... Caused by the poliomyelitis virus, polio was also known as infantile paralysis. 
... It was a difficult disease to study because sufficient viruses could not be 
obtained. ... Fever and asymmetric flaccid paralysis without sensory loss in a 
child or... [DOC] [TLE] Tay-Sachs disease - Genetics Home Reference [PAR] 6 days ago ... Affected infants lose motor skills such as turning over, sitting, and crawling. They 
also develop an exaggerated startle reaction to loud noises. ... vision and hearing 
loss, intellectual disability, and paralysis. ... Children with this severe infantile 
form of Tay-Sachs disease usually live only into early childhood. [DOC] [TLE] Polio - Encyclopedia of Children's Health [PAR] Poliomyelitis, also called polio or infantile paralysis, is a highly infectious viral 
disease that ... 80 to 90 percent of clinical infections and is found mostly in young 
children. ... The affected muscles may be on both sides of the body (symmetric 
paralysis) ... Fever and asymmetric flaccid paralysis without sensory loss in a 
child or... [DOC] [TLE] Poliomyelitis and Infantile Paralysis: Changes in Host and Virus - JStor [PAR] world: because it affects babies and very young children, it is properly infantile 
paralysis. I believe ... disease after two early workers, and infantile paralysis 
because it affected mainly ... ces in each affect the disease: there is also much 
data from experimental ... ting: non-vaccine like strains isolated from cases are 
called wild. [DOC] [TLE] Polio | March of Dimes [PAR] Polio (poliomyelitis, infantile paralysis), used to strike thousands of children in the 
US ... Polio is a disease that can infect the central nervous system (brain and ... 
the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend that babies in the United States 
... and pain many years after having polio is called post-polio syndrome (PPS). [DOC] [TLE] Diseases and Disorders - Athletic Training & Exercise Science ... [PAR] Jul 19, 2016 ... Disease caused by infection with various strains of the bacillus ... Polio, or 
infantile paralysis, acute viral infection, mainly of children but also affecting older 
persons. ... usually Streptococcus pneumoniae (also called pneumococcus; see 
... The lungs are the site most often affected, but most organs in the... [DOC] [TLE] Childhood Diseases and Disorders - 2 | Britannica.com [PAR] Results 1 - 99 of 99 ... The head appears pointed (acrocephaly) because of premature ... Childhood is a 
period typified by change, both in the child and in the... .... Capillary hemangioma, 
also called nevus flammeus or port-wine stain, is a ... It was founded as the 
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in 1938 by U.S. Pres. [DOC] [TLE] Rickets: Causes, Symptoms and Treatments - Medical News Today [PAR] Sep 10, 2015 ... Rickets affects mainly children, although the disorder may also affect adults (
osteomalacia). In most cases, the child suffers from severe and... [DOC] [TLE] Mysterious polio-like disease hits 25 children in California | Daily

Question: Because it mainly affects babies & children, this disease is also called infantile paralysis
Answer: polio