poliovirus
noun
Note: The poliovirus is typically transmitted orally by food, drink, or hands that are contaminated with infected fecal matter. The virus may sometimes be transmitted by the respiratory droplets or saliva of an infected individual. The poliovirus multiplies in the intestinal tract and sometimes spreads in the bloodstream throughout the body.
Example Sentences
Aria Bendix, NBC News, 9 Sep. 2022 New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency on Friday, following the news that several counties outside of New York City had poliovirus in their wastewater. Amanda Taylor, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2022 The goal, ultimately, is to drive polio over the cliff to extinction—as smallpox was in 1980—with a slow phase-out of all OPV, universal use of IPV, and the eradication of any form of poliovirus circulating anywhere in the world. Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 31 Aug. 2022 Additionally, many cities are currently testing their sewage for poliovirus after it was detected recently in Rockland County, New York, and New York City. Brenda Goodman, CNN, 22 Aug. 2022 Altamonte Springs will begin testing for poliovirus in Orange and south Seminole county wastewater after a case was found in New York. Caroline Catherman, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2022 Circulating poliovirus is only a threat to those who are unvaccinated. Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 12 Aug. 2022 But it was made just last week, by New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett, after the identification of poliovirus in both Rockland and Orange counties in June and July. Erin Prater, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2022 The poliovirus is highly transmissible and is spread mostly when a person touches their mouth after coming into contact with an infected person’s feces. Brianna Abbott, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
polio- (in poliomyelitis) + virus, later taken as New Latin
1939, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
poliovirus
noun
Note: The poliovirus is typically transmitted orally by food, drink, or hands that are contaminated with infected fecal matter. The virus may sometimes be transmitted by the respiratory droplets or saliva of an infected individual. The poliovirus multiplies in the intestinal tract and sometimes spreads in the bloodstream throughout the body.
Lauro S. Halstead, Scientific American