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Poliomyelitis

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Poliomyelitis is an acute viral infection of the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord caused by the poliovirus, classically producing asymmetric, flaccid, areflexic paralysis. For NEET PG, this is a "Community Medicine favourite" — the high-yield meat is the eradication programme, AFP surveillance, OPV vs IPV, VDPV, and India's 2014 polio-free certification. Poliomyelitis ("polio" = grey, "myelos" = marrow) is a

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