Poliomyelitis transmission

Waterborne microorganisms are largely responsible for the transmission of diseases such as cholera, typhoid, dysentery, muscular paralysis (e.g., poliomyelitis), infectious hepatitis, gastroenteritis, giardiasis, cryptosporidiosis, and so forth. In a drinking-water potabilization procedure not all the microorganisms present in water need to be killed (sterilization), but only those disease-related (disinfection). Water disinfection can be achieved by chemical, physical, or mechanical action. Agents that provide chemical action for such purposes include ... 

Prophylactically active agaiust a wide range of viruses, including those causing canine distemper, lymphomatosis in fowl, shipping fever in cattle, transmissible gastroenteritis iu swine, and coryza and other upper respiratory illnesses, as well as against ECHO viruses, enteroviruses in monkeys, MM neurotropic virus, Semliki Forest virus, and NEF 1 poliomyelitis virus. Antitumor activity demonstrated in experimental leukemia and sarcoma. 

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