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Pharm D- Clinical Pharmacy Program Third Level Parasitology and virology (PM503)

rubella syndrome defects

including: deafness,

microcephaly and mental
retardation, cataracts and other

eye defects, heart disease and

dental abnormalities.

Poliovirus Poliovirus is the cause of Close personal Prevention: through vaccination
(RNA virus) poliomyelitis. contact with by poliovaccin.

In most cases it is asymptomatic fecal oral route

but In some cases, there is a mild or subclinical
febrile illness lasting few days cases of the

(headache and vomiting). disease.

The most dangerous Transmission

complications are paralysis of could be by

extremities and painful muscle flies, food,
spasm. The virus spread through milk and water.

the blood stream to the CNS. In

CNS the virus replicate in the
motor neurons in the spinal cord Treatment: there is no antiviral

therapy but just symptomatic

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