This untreatable virus gives some people flu-like symptoms and nausea and 1 in 200 infections leads to irreversible paralysis.
The world-wide vaccination campaign has led to a 99% decrease in polio cases compared to 1988.1
Most countries are now free of polio. The risk of polio is greatest in Asia and Africa.2
Fever, fatigue, headache, vomiting, stiffness of the neck and pain in the limbs.1,3
Polio can be fatal. Severe polio causes paralysis of the legs and arms, and sometimes of the muscles used to breathe.1,3