"Studies in Human Subjects on Active Immunization against Poliomyelitis"
Journal article
By: Jonas E. Salk
Date: March 28, 1953
span class="textStyle2">Source: Salk, Jonas E. "Studies in Human Subjects on Active Immunization against Poliomyelitis." Journal of the American Medical Association. March 28, 1953, 1081–1098.
About the Author: Jonas Edward Salk (1914–1995) was born in New York City and received his M.D. from New York University College of Medicine in 1939. In 1947, he became head of the Virus Research Laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh. He began the first trial with a polio vaccine in 1952 and released the vaccine for sale in 1955.
Introduction
Poliovirus, a virus that, like influenza, spreads quickly through a population, causes poliomyelitis (polio) or infantile paralysis. The disease first appeared in 1840. Epidemics swept Norway and Sweden in 1905. The virus spread to Europe, the Americas, Australia, and New...
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