Key result
Fourteen cases of second attacks of acute poliomyelitis are recorded in the literature, which must be distinguished from relapses occurring within seven months of the acute attack.
Population
Patients with second attacks of acute poliomyelitis
Design
Review
Authors
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Second attacks require differentiation from early relapses in suspected poliomyelitis; leaves open true recurrence frequency and immunity implications.
Highlights the rarity of true second attacks of poliomyelitis and the need to distinguish them from relapses.
T. B. Quigley (1934) conducted a review in Poliomyelitis (n=14). Second attacks of poliomyelitis was evaluated. Fourteen cases of second attacks of acute poliomyelitis are recorded in the literature, which must be distinguished from relapses occurring within seven months of the acute attack.
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