paralytic poliomyelitis
Findings
No curated finding names paralytic poliomyelitis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A poliomyelitis that results in destruction located in motor neurons of central nervous system, has material basis in Human poliovirus 1, has material basis in Human poliovirus 2, or has material basis in Human poliovirus 3, which are transmitted by ingestion of food or water contaminated with feces, or transmitted by direct contact with the oral secretions. The infection has symptom loss of reflexes, has symptom muscle spasms, and has symptom acute flaccid paralysis.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0000341), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
1 feature
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, hp/releases/2026-09-01.
- ParalysisMondoHP:0003470
Where it sits
- A kind of
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