Open AccessThe Polio Model. Does it apply to polio?
Author(s) -
Nete Munk Nielsen,
Peter Aaby,
Jan Wohlfahrt,
Kåre Mølbak,
Mads Melbye
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/31.1.181
Subject(s) - poliomyelitis , virology , medicine , poliomyelitis eradication , acute anterior poliomyelitis , poliovirus , viral disease , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virus
According to the polio model, severity of disease increases with age at infection. Firstborn children and people belonging to small families are generally infected later and should accordingly have a higher risk of severe polio. However, this model does contradict other explanations of severity of childhood infections including the intensive-exposure model.
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