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Researchers develop drug cocktail to target enteroviruses • Apr. 16, 2025, 2:51 AM ET (News-Medical)
Those living with polio say don't forget • Apr. 6, 2025, 12:00 AM ET (Medical Xpress)

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Also Known As acute anterior poliomyelitis • poliomyelitis • infantile paralysis • Heine-Medin disease

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Kenny, Elizabeth; Sister Kenny
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Albert Bruce Sabin
American physician and microbiologist

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