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  1.                                                                  ELVERUM (VG) Ikke et pip kom fra 
  2.                                                                  seks m√•neder gamle Trym da han 
  3.                                                                   fikk sin f√∏rste poliovaksine av 
  4.                                                                    Brita Pettersen p√• helsestasjonen
  5.                                                                    i Elverum. I Norge ble vi kvitt 
  6.                                                                     poliomyelitt for 25 √•r siden, men 
  7.                                                                     smitten finnes rett utenfor
  8.                                                                      stued√∏ra.
  9.  
  10.                                                                                            I fjor hadde Nederland en epidemi med
  11.                                                                                             70‚Äî80 tilfeller i et milj√∏ hvor man ikke
  12.                                                                                             hadde latt seg  vaksinere. Poliomyelitt 
  13.                                                                                             kan gi hjernebetennelse og f√∏re til 
  14.                                                                                            lammelser, og sykdommen er kjent fra 
  15.                                                                                         oldtiden.
  16.  
  17.                                                                                 De siste store epidemiene i Norge var i                         
  18.                                                                             50-√•rene, og i perioden 1950‚Äî55 ble det      
  19.                                                                         rapportert henimot 1000 tilfeller med lammelser √•rlig.
  20.     
  21.                                                 Den amerikanske legen Jonas Edward Salk fremstilte i 1953 den
  22.                                            f√∏rste poliovaksine som kunne masseproduseres. En modifisert
  23.                                          utgave av salk-vaksinen brukes i Norge i dag i 
  24.                                      spr√∏yteform.  ¬´Poliovaksinen  effektiv. Har ingen
  25.                                   uheldige bivirkninger,¬ª melder VG 21. 
  26.                                november 1955, og viser til vellykket vaksinering
  27.                             i ni land. I 1956 og 1957 ble salk-vaksinen brukt
  28.                          over hele Norge, og etter ti √•rs vaksinering sank
  29.                      antallet angrepne til ti tilfeller √•rlig.
  30.