Mode of transmisison: faecal-oral route

Incubation: paralytic disease - 7-14d

Period of infectivity: most infectious in days immediately before and after onset of symptoms

Vaccines:  inactivated

• DTaP-IPV-HepB/Hib

• DTaP-IPV

• IPV

Schedule: 6wk, 3mo, 5mo, 4

efficacy: >90%

Herd:

• highly transmissible

  • small, non enveloped enterovirus

clinical

• fever

• headache

• gastrointestinal disturbances

• malaise

• stiffness of neck and back

• pain in the limbs, back and neck

• with or without paralysis