Medics, USA. File photoWASHINGTON, Aug 11 There could be hundreds of cases of polio virus in New York State, according to CDC National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease Director Jose Romero. «(Identified infection) could only be the tiny tip of the iceberg. There should be hundreds of cases circulating within society,» the medic told CNN. «Spread is always possible because it happens quietly,» he added. In early August The polio virus was found in wastewater in Rockland County, New York, where the first case of infection since 1979 was recorded in July. Following the discovery of a polio case in Rockland County, the New York State Department of Health began monitoring wastewater. As a result of a subsequent study, experts found that there is a genetic link between the virus isolate found in wastewater and the identified case of infection. Poliomyelitis is spinal paralysis, an acute infectious disease caused by damage to the gray matter of the spinal cord by poliovirus and characterized mainly by the pathology of the nervous system. There is currently no cure for polio, but the disease can be prevented by vaccination.
