The Origin of Polio

Polio is a disease which made paralyzed in our body. It is a viral infectious disease which spread form human to human through fecal-oral route. Polio has different paralyzed effect in each person. Poliomyelitis was first recognized as a distinct condition by Jakob Heine in 1840. Its causative agent, poliovirus, was identified in 1908 by Karl Landsteiner.

Polio had been epidemics before the 19th century. Slowly the incidents are decreasing. Nowadays polio is still a threat in developing contries, for example our beloved country, Indonesia. Indonesia planning on eradicate this viral disease through vaccin in 2010.

The effects of polio have been known since prehistory; Egyptian paintings and carvings depict otherwise healthy people with withered limbs, and children walking with canes at a young age.