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A vaccine to prevent what terrible disease was invented in the U.S. in 1952?
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Polio
Poliomyelitis, commonly shortened to polio, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. In about 0. 5 percent of cases, it moves from the gut to affect the central nervous system and there is muscle weakness resulting in a flaccid paralysis. This can occur over a few hours to a few days.
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