what does poliomyelitis mean
Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus.Approximately 90% to 95% of infections cause no symptoms.pproximately 19% of all paralytic polio cases have both bulbar and spinal symptoms; this subtype is called respiratory or bulbospinal polio. Here, the virus affects the upper part of the cervical spinal cord (cervical vertebrae C3 through C5), and paralysis of the diaphragm occurs.