Multiple choice

Which viral disease can affect nerves and lead to partial or full paralysis?

  1. Tabes dorsalis

  2. Syringomyelia

  3. Facial palsy

  4. Poliomyelitis

  5. Hemiplegia
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Explanation

In this infectious disease, a specific neurotropic virus causes muscular paralysis by the destruction of the anterior horn cell or the corresponding cell of the spinal cord and medulla respectively. This disease will spread from person to person primarily via the fecal oral route.

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