Jonas Salk and the Invention of the Polio VaccineMain MenuJonas Salk and the Invention of the Polio VaccineA Brief History of VariolationA Brief History of VaccinationAlvaro Quezada7828c851ddc470a00b45eb00bde06e8e2aefd52c
12020-09-09T12:49:20-07:00Alvaro Quezada7828c851ddc470a00b45eb00bde06e8e2aefd52cBrief history of inoculationAlvaro Quezada4plain2020-09-09T17:12:39-07:00Alvaro Quezada7828c851ddc470a00b45eb00bde06e8e2aefd52c
1media/9525240640_c64007d102_k.jpg2020-09-23T12:44:36-07:00Cari Kaurloto3781164953cd6d9b5d46e62a61a9c84cdeafe0c1A Brief History of VaccinationCari Kaurloto22plain2020-10-06T13:31:04-07:00Cari Kaurloto3781164953cd6d9b5d46e62a61a9c84cdeafe0c1
12020-10-14T15:57:58-07:00Alvaro Quezada7828c851ddc470a00b45eb00bde06e8e2aefd52cGlobal Polio Eradication InitiativeCari Kaurloto43The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is a public-private partnership led by national governments along with organizational partners.plain2020-10-22T10:23:17-07:001988Cari Kaurloto3781164953cd6d9b5d46e62a61a9c84cdeafe0c1
12020-10-14T18:13:22-07:00Alvaro Quezada7828c851ddc470a00b45eb00bde06e8e2aefd52cCenters for Disease Control and Prevention: Global ImmunizationCari Kaurloto33While the global push to eradicate polio is the latest chapter in CDC’s polio efforts, the fight against polio has been part of CDC’s mission since the 1950s.plain2020-10-27T16:35:07-07:002020Cari Kaurloto3781164953cd6d9b5d46e62a61a9c84cdeafe0c1
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12020-10-14T15:57:58-07:00Alvaro Quezada7828c851ddc470a00b45eb00bde06e8e2aefd52cGlobal Polio Eradication Initiative43The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is a public-private partnership led by national governments along with organizational partners.plain2020-10-22T10:23:17-07:001988Cari Kaurloto3781164953cd6d9b5d46e62a61a9c84cdeafe0c1
12020-10-14T18:13:22-07:00Alvaro Quezada7828c851ddc470a00b45eb00bde06e8e2aefd52cCenters for Disease Control and Prevention: Global Immunization33While the global push to eradicate polio is the latest chapter in CDC’s polio efforts, the fight against polio has been part of CDC’s mission since the 1950s.plain2020-10-27T16:35:07-07:002020Cari Kaurloto3781164953cd6d9b5d46e62a61a9c84cdeafe0c1
1media/MichaelUnderwood.JPG2020-09-09T11:59:13-07:00Alvaro Quezada7828c851ddc470a00b45eb00bde06e8e2aefd52cFirst Clinical Description of Polio24Michael Underwood describes polio in his A Treatise on the Diseases of Children...plain2020-10-27T11:41:40-07:001789Holly Thompson371121db54ab210690ec037d01e9e87f68752e84
1media/FDR.JPG2020-09-09T12:00:34-07:00Alvaro Quezada7828c851ddc470a00b45eb00bde06e8e2aefd52cFranklin D. Roosevelt22In 1921, Franklin D. Roosevelt was diagnosed with "infantile paralysis" (i.e. polio) at the age of 39.plain2020-10-22T09:57:20-07:0009/16/1921Cari Kaurloto3781164953cd6d9b5d46e62a61a9c84cdeafe0c1
1media/NewspaperClipping.JPG2020-09-09T12:00:23-07:00Alvaro Quezada7828c851ddc470a00b45eb00bde06e8e2aefd52cFirst Polio Epidemic22Vermont polio epidemic in 1894.plain2020-10-26T17:04:35-07:001894Holly Thompson371121db54ab210690ec037d01e9e87f68752e84
1media/First_Shipment_of_Polio_Vaccine_1955.jpg2020-09-25T15:23:05-07:00Bryn Zieglerf534bbc0abefbfe22920edbf88bff7be084a5b70Legacy of Jonas Salk21"Who owns the patent on this vaccine? Well, the people, I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?" - Jonas Salk, 1955plain2020-10-28T10:03:01-07:002020Holly Thompson371121db54ab210690ec037d01e9e87f68752e84
1media/Solkas.jpg2020-09-09T11:59:35-07:00Alvaro Quezada7828c851ddc470a00b45eb00bde06e8e2aefd52cDr. Jonas Salk19In 1949, Dr. Salk shifted his focus to polio when he received a contract from the March of Dimes Foundation to identify different strains of polio virus.plain2020-10-06T14:51:08-07:001947 - 1950Cari Kaurloto3781164953cd6d9b5d46e62a61a9c84cdeafe0c1
1media/Jakobheine.jpg2020-09-09T11:59:55-07:00Alvaro Quezada7828c851ddc470a00b45eb00bde06e8e2aefd52cClinical Disease Entity15Jacob von Heine was the first to recognize poliomyelitis as a clinical disease entity.plain2020-10-26T16:29:32-07:001840Holly Thompson371121db54ab210690ec037d01e9e87f68752e84
12020-10-21T16:43:48-07:00Holly Thompson371121db54ab210690ec037d01e9e87f68752e84Poliomyelitis First Defined12Poliomyelitis was first coined in 1870.plain2020-10-28T10:07:54-07:001870Holly Thompson371121db54ab210690ec037d01e9e87f68752e84
1media/Polio Quarantine Notice.png2020-10-26T17:19:10-07:00Holly Thompson371121db54ab210690ec037d01e9e87f68752e84Identifying the Role of Asymptomatic Individuals10Epidemiologists were able to determine that asymptomatic persons can spread disease.plain2020-10-27T10:15:47-07:001916Holly Thompson371121db54ab210690ec037d01e9e87f68752e84
1media/First_Shipment_of_Polio_Vaccine_1955 (1).jpg2020-10-27T11:48:11-07:00Holly Thompson371121db54ab210690ec037d01e9e87f68752e84First Shipments of Salk Vaccine Distributed5plain2020-10-27T11:50:54-07:001955Holly Thompson371121db54ab210690ec037d01e9e87f68752e84
12020-10-27T10:28:46-07:00Holly Thompson371121db54ab210690ec037d01e9e87f68752e84The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis Founded4The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis was founded to fund polio vaccine research.plain2020-10-27T11:23:07-07:001938Holly Thompson371121db54ab210690ec037d01e9e87f68752e84
1media/nlm_nlmuid-101414599-img.jpg2020-10-27T11:43:10-07:00Holly Thompson371121db54ab210690ec037d01e9e87f68752e84Polio Virus Successfully Grown in Non-Nerve Tissue3The ability to grow the polio virus in non-nerve, non-human tissue open the doors to developing a polio vaccine.plain2020-10-27T11:43:31-07:001949Holly Thompson371121db54ab210690ec037d01e9e87f68752e84
12020-10-27T10:06:36-07:00Holly Thompson371121db54ab210690ec037d01e9e87f68752e84First trials of a polio vaccine2In 1935 two separate trials tests a potential polio vaccine.plain2020-10-27T10:06:57-07:001935Holly Thompson371121db54ab210690ec037d01e9e87f68752e84
12020-10-27T19:32:14-07:00Holly Thompson371121db54ab210690ec037d01e9e87f68752e84The Cutter Incident2In 1955 a defective batch of the Salk polio vaccine was distributed and administered to over 200,000 children with dire results.plain2020-10-27T19:33:02-07:00Holly Thompson371121db54ab210690ec037d01e9e87f68752e84
1media/nlm_nlmuid-101427937-img.jpg2020-10-27T19:18:15-07:00Holly Thompson371121db54ab210690ec037d01e9e87f68752e84First Oral Vaccine Produced2Albert Sabin created the first attenuated live-virus vaccine administered orally.plain2020-10-27T19:20:23-07:00Holly Thompson371121db54ab210690ec037d01e9e87f68752e84
