(1) Other common diseases include schistosomiasis, sleeping sickness, poliomyelitis , tuberculosis, and pneumonia.

(2) Neurological disorders, such as poliomyelitis and cerebral palsy, can also cause acquired clubfoot.

(3) The viral disease known as poliomyelitis is highly infectious and can cause total paralysis and even death.

(4) Polio, or poliomyelitis , is an infectious disease caused by a virus that attacks the nervous system.

(5) Infectious diseases such as whooping cough, encephalitis, poliomyelitis , diphtheria, rabies, tetanus, syphilis, and botulism rarely are seen now but can cause vocal cord paralysis.