AFMC AFMC Solved Paper-2001

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    The disease on the verge of eradication in India is :

    A)                 kala-azar                             

    B)                 smallpox

    C)                 poliomyelitis                     

    D)                 AIDS

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Poliomyelitis (Polio) is caused by poliovirus (a picornavirus or RNA virus). It spreads by droplet infection or via human faecer. Symptoms of poliomyelitis include fevers, headache and stiffness in neck and other muscles. The disease is caused      in between 4-12 years children. Continuous effors are being made to eradicate polio through pulse-polio immunization programme.


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