Polio-like syndrome is a general description of a group of symptoms which mimic polio, including rarely permanent paralysis.
Various triggers have been found, including some viruses from the same virus group as polio: enterovirus 68, enterovirus 71, and coxsackievirus A7.
[1][2] These are suspected in many cases of acute flaccid myelitis.
Other non-virus causes of polio-like symptoms are observed, though rarely, from snake bite, spider bite, scorpion sting, tick bite, or chemicals such as arsenic and organophosphorus insecticides.
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