ID#: 5578
Caption:
In this photograph, a young female child was displaying a deformity of her right lower extremity, which had been the result of her polio infection, caused by the poliovirus, a member of the genus, Enterovirus. After initial oropharyngeal inoculation, and multiplication, the virus enters the bloodstream, thereby, finding its way to the central nervous system, and infecting the motor neurons of the anterior horn of the spinal cord, and within the brain itself.
High Resolution: Click here for hi-resolution image (6.49 MB)
Content Provider(s): CDC
Creation Date: 1995
Photo Credit:
Links:
Categories:
CDC Organization
Skip Navigation Links.

MeSH
Skip Navigation Links.
Copyright Restrictions: Permission is not required for public domain images, however, these images are provided by CDC and are available for personal, professional, and educational use with appropriate attribution. Redistribution must credit CDC and, where known, the individual photographer, and identify the CDC website as the free source. For additional terms see Use of Agency Materials | Other | CDC