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Polio disease affects

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Skeleton
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Nervous system
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Muscles and spinal cord
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Skeleton and muscular system
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The correct options are
B Nervous system
C Muscles and spinal cord
Polio is a viral disease, which affects the spinal cord causing muscle weakness and paralysis. The polio virus enters the body through the mouth, usually from hands contaminated with the stool of an infected person.

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