Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake. August 8 at 3:25pm Â·. It's Tropical Smoothie Cafe week here at Camp Sunshine! Thank you to our friends at all 500+ TSC locations across the country who came together to raise $910,00...0 for Camp Sunshine during their National Flip Flop Day campaign.
Causes of Polio: Poliovirus. Poliovirus is a very contagious virus that can spread easily from person to person. In fact, when a person is infected with poliovirus, it is expected that polio transmission among susceptible household contacts will occur in nearly 100 percent of children and over 90 percent of adults. person who is infected with polio can spread polio about 7-10 days before symptoms begin. A person can continue to spread polio for about three to six weeks after the beginning of polio symptoms. However, a person is most contagious for the 7-10 days after symptoms of polio have begun.
1894, first outbreak of polio in epidemic form in the U.S. occurs in Vermont, with 132 cases. 1908, Karl Landsteiner and Erwin Popper identify a virus as the cause of polio by transmitting the disease to a monkey.1916, large epidemic of polio within the United States.1921, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) contracts polio at age 39.908, Karl Landsteiner and Erwin Popper identify a virus as the cause of polio by transmitting the disease to a monkey. 1916, large epidemic of polio within the United States. 1921, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) contracts polio at age 39.