Polio
- ISBN-10
- 1435894367
- ISBN-13
- 9781435894365
- Series
- Polio
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 80
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-08-15
- Publisher
- The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
- Author
- Tamra B. Orr
Description
Discusses the history of the poliovirus, its effects on the body, vaccines and the researchers who discovered them, and the threat that this virus still poses.
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