raremaprare-disease reference indexOrphadata 2026-06-23 · HPO 2026-09-01
ORPHA:2912

Poliomyelitis

Type
Disease
Group
Disorder
Inheritance
Not applicable
Age of onset
Childhood
Status
active

A rare viral infection caused by any of three serotypes of wild human poliovirus (types 1, 2 and 3), which are part of the family of enteroviruses; and three serotypes of Sabin vaccine-derived polioviruses (types 1, 2 and 3) that have accumulated genetic changes and regained the ability to cause polio paralysis. wild type 2 and type 3 polioviruses have been certified eradicated, wild type 1 poliovirus continues to circulate in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and vaccine-derived polio viruses mainly circulate in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Names in Orphadata languages

12 of 12 languages
LangNameSynonyms
enPoliomyelitis
frPoliomyélite
dePoliomyelitis
esPoliomielitis
itPoliomielite
nlPoliomyelitis
ptPoliomielite
plOstre nagminne porażenie dziecięce
csPoliomyelitidaDětská obrna
ukПоліомієліт
zh脊髓灰质炎
trÇocuk felci

Definition in:

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Cross-references

qualifier = Orphanet mapping relation
SourceCodeQualifierICD relationValidation
ICD-10A80.0BTNTspecificvalidated
ICD-10A80.1BTNTspecificvalidated
ICD-10A80.2BTNTspecificvalidated
ICD-10A80.3BTNTspecificvalidated
ICD-10A80.4BTNTspecificvalidated
ICD-10A80.9BTNTspecificvalidated
ICD-111C81Especificvalidated
MONDO0017373Evalidated
MeSHD011051Evalidated
UMLSC0032371Evalidated
GARD7413Evalidated
MedDRA10036012Evalidated

E exact · NTBT this ORPHAcode is narrower than the target · BTNT broader than the target · ND not decided.

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Classification

Preferential parent (Orphanet linearisation):

Parents in the classifications (2):

No children.

Codes that Orphanet moved or referred to this one:

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Genes

0 direct

Orphanet records no gene directly on this code.

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Prevalence and incidence

2 records
TypeClassValueAreaQualificationValidationSource
Point prevalence<1 / 1 000 000—EuropeClass onlyNot yet validatedORPHANET
Annual incidence<1 / 1 000 000—EuropeClass onlyValidatedEuropean Centre for Disease prevention and Control 2011[OTHER]

Value is Orphadata's ValMoy: the mean estimate per 100 000 for prevalence and incidence, the number of cases or families for case reports.

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HPO phenotypes

53 annotations · validated 2020-02-28
HPOTerm (as annotated by Orphanet)Diagnostic
Very frequent (99-80%)
HP:0001324Muscle weakness
HP:0012531Pain
Frequent (79-30%)
HP:0040131Abnormal motor nerve conduction velocity
HP:0011805Abnormal skeletal muscle morphology
HP:0002039Anorexia
HP:0001284Areflexia
HP:0002829Arthralgia
HP:0001348Brisk reflexes
HP:0003546Exercise intolerance
HP:0012378Fatigue
HP:0001945Fever
HP:0004302Functional motor deficit
HP:0002315Headache
HP:0009004Hypoplasia of the musculature
HP:0031469Low self esteem
HP:0007340Lower limb muscle weakness
HP:0001287Meningitis
HP:0010547Muscle flaccidity
HP:0003326Myalgia
HP:0012486Myelitis
HP:0002018Nausea
HP:0003470Paralysis
HP:0025439Pharyngitis
HP:0003202Skeletal muscle atrophy
HP:0025258Stiff neck
HP:0002013Vomiting
Occasional (29-5%)
HP:0030813Absent tonsils
HP:0001283Bulbar palsy
HP:0002483Bulbar signs
HP:0006824Cranial nerve paralysis
HP:0002374Diminished movement
HP:0002015Dysphagia
HP:0001618Dysphonia
HP:0002380Fasciculations
HP:0030196Fatigable weakness of respiratory muscles
HP:0002487Hyperkinetic movements
HP:0002721Immunodeficiency
HP:0031058Impairment of activities of daily living
HP:0002540Inability to walk
HP:0002590Paralytic ileus
HP:0002385Paraparesis
HP:0003401Paresthesia
HP:0002878Respiratory failure
HP:0004887Respiratory failure requiring assisted ventilation
HP:0003484Upper limb muscle weakness
Very rare (<4-1%)
HP:0000713Agitation
HP:0001259Coma
HP:0001289Confusion
HP:0000822Hypertension
HP:0002615Hypotension
HP:0031274Hypovolemic shock
HP:0002383Infectious encephalitis
HP:0000737Irritability

Run the differential on the 2 obligate / very frequent terms

Annotation source: 31690950[PMID]_8944203[PMID]

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Sources for this card