| 1. | Poliovirus is composed of an RNA genome and a protein capsid.
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| 2. | The first IRES to be discovered was found in poliovirus RNA.
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| 3. | Paralytic poliomyelitis occurs in less than 1 % of poliovirus infections.
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| 4. | Wild poliovirus is present in Afghanistan, though in limited areas.
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| 5. | Poliovirus infects host cells through inhibition of transcription machinery and function.
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| 6. | Its best known subtype is poliovirus, the cause of poliomyelitis.
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| 7. | The oral Sabin polio vaccine was a weakened form of the poliovirus.
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| 8. | The molecular mechanisms by which poliovirus causes paralytic disease are poorly understood.
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| 9. | Poliovirus was first isolated in 1909 by Karl Landsteiner and Erwin Popper.
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| 10. | Drake demonstrated that poliovirus is able to undergo multiplicity reactivation.
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