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Salk

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Salk
Jonas Edward. 1914--95, US virologist: developed an injected vaccine against poliomyelitis (1954)


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He describes the wartime governmental campaigns to protect children against the ravages of typhoid fever, diphtheria, and yellow fever and explains the legendary rivalry between Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin and their respective polio vaccines.
Kluger tells the technical and human story of Jonas Salk and his dedicated staff as they developed the first successful vaccine.
Fifty years ago, on April 12, 1955, Dr Thomas Francis, an epidemiologist on faculty at the University of Michigan, announced to the world that he had just completed a study demonstrating that the Salk vaccine was "safe, effective, and potent" in preventing paralytic poliomyelitis.
 
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