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Ages: 14 - 18
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Content: Poliomyelitis is a viral infection of the intestinal tract. Most cases of polio were mild--headache, fever, sore throat, and depression--with the patient usually recovered within three or four days. In fewer and more serious cases, the virus... penetrates the stomach and intestinal tract, enters the lymphatic system, then the bloodstream, and then attacks the motor nerve cells of the spinal cord; if the nerve damage is severe, paralysis will result. Occurring most frequently in children, polio is also known as infantile paralysis.
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May 21, 2010 at 03:44 PM
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Ages: 14 - 18
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Poliomyelitis, also known as infantile paralysis, is a viral infection of the intestinal tract that sometimes can attack the central nervous system and lead to severe muscular paralysis. After the 1916 outbreak, the United States averaged 21,000 para...lytic cases per year. During the 1930-40s, both private and government research was accelerated to try to find a cure for this dreaded disease. The National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis, now the March of Dimes, was inaugurated by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938 for the purpose of raising money, one dime at a time, to fund polio research. Americans waited--with not a great deal of patience--for a breakthrough.
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May 21, 2010 at 03:47 PM
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Ages: 11 - 18
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In the summer of 1950 Wytheville, VA realized the nation's worst medical fears. An outbreak of Infantile Paralysis, commonly known as Polio, swept through a small town of 5,500 in which 40 percent of residents had not yet reached their eighteenth bir...thday. Highly contagious, just in time for summer vacation, the devastating neurodegenerative disease had chosen its next target. This is a professsionally-made video from the PBS series titled American Experience. (53:25)
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February 10, 2011 at 03:11 PM
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Ages: unspecified
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An excellent animation showing how the flu is spread in the body. Students will love it and its 3:39 long duration holds their attention. A great overview to encourage students to take care to prevent such infections.
January 14, 2012 at 10:08 AM
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Ages: 13 - 18
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In the last three decades, more than 30 mysterious, and sometimes deadly, diseases have emerged around the globe. Some of these newer viruses include SARS, MonkeyPox, and West Nile Virus. Learn how globalization has helped spur the world's virus cris...is. Run time (3:49)
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July 10, 2009 at 09:58 AM
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Ages: 10 - 18
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This is a 2 minute animated video about influenza and how humans get the flu. It takes you on the journey of an influenza virus, how it is contracted, attack attacks, and ultimately departs from the cell of an infected person.
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April 14, 2010 at 08:00 PM
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