Communicable Disease fact Sheet: Poliomyelitis
Concise information on symptoms, incubation period, treatment,
complications, etc. from the New York State Department of Health.
Siptah's Revenge
A good source for information about polio and its history. For information
about the Poliovirus, see
Types, Kinds, Categories of Polio,
Picornaviruses,
and Polio
Facts.
Click here
for a color picture of the poliovirus. See also
Poliomyelitis
History
An excellent site for learning about the history of polio in Canada.
Gary's' Experience
with Polio
A site maintained by another polio survivor. It offers a short
history as well as interesting personal recollections.
Famous People who had Polio
A long list complete with links and additional information.
FDR and Polio
From the The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt
Institute.
For a huge collection of FDR photos, see the
FDR Library and Museum.
There is also a large, online collection of
FDR Cartoons.
See also the Roosevelt
Warm Springs Institute,
The
American Presidency: FDR,
and The Franklin Delano
Roosevelt Memorial.
For many lesson plans on FDR,
click here.
About Sister
Elizabeth Kenny
Brief information from the Sister Kenny Institute.
Click here
for more on Kenny.
Jonas Salk
A biography. See also the Salk Institute
for Biological Studies
and The Story
of the Salk Anti-Poliomyelitis Vaccine.
Hauck Center for the Albert B.
Sabin Archives
A biography and other resources. See also
Development of Polio Vaccines,
an article from the Access Excellence Classic Collection.
A Tale of Two
Polio Vaccines: What's Best and for Whom?
See also
Poliomyelitis Prevention in the United States,
Change Offers
Children the Best of Both Polio Vaccines,
Polio Fight:
Salk Gets Nod Over Sabin,
and
When Polio is Gone, Should We Still Vaccinate?
Global Polio Eradication
Initiative
Information on current efforts to eradicate polio worldwide.
International Polio Network
IPN provides information to polio survivors, their families, and the
health care community and promotes networking among the post-polio community.
Post-Polio Syndrome Central
An excellent set of resources for those wishing to learn about PPS. See
also Post-Polio-Med,
which is a free forum for questions and answers to and from post-polio
syndrome researchers, medical professionals, polio survivors, family,
friends, students, and others interested in post-polio syndrome. Additional
PPS resources are available at the
Lincolnshire Post-Polio Network
(online articles and other sources of information). For an
excellent online article on PPS see
Post-Polio Syndrome
(Lauro S. Halstead, 1998).
"Non-paralytic"
Polio as Prelude to Post-Polio Sequelae
An interesting article by Dr. Richard L. Bruno.
Disability Social
History Project
An excellent page with many resources for those wishing to learn about
disability history. See also
A Chronology of the Disability Rights Movement.
History of Diseases
A huge list of links.
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This page was posted by Edmund Sass, Ed. D. and
was last updated 1-25-04. You may e-mail him at
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