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Polioviruses
Etiology The polioviruses are nonenveloped, positive-stranded RNA viruses belonging to the Picornaviridae family, in the genus Enterovirus, species Enterovirus C and consist of 3 antigenically distinct serotypes (types 1, 2, and 3). Polioviruses spread from the intestinal tract to the…