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Competitive Exams · General Knowledge · question 637

Q637

Which of the following causes Poliomyelitis?

A.
Dengue virus
B.
Enterovirus
Answer
C.
Mumps virus
D.
Rhabdovirus

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Enterovirus causes Poliomyelitis. Poliomyelitis is an acute communicable disease of humans caused by a human enterovirus of the Picornaviridae family. The virus is composed of a single-stranded, positive-sense RNA genome and a protein capsid. Most poliovirus infections cause asymptomatic viral replication that is limited to the alimentary tract.