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The American Journal of Medicine May 1949
Topics: Poliomyelitis; Poliomyelitis, Bulbar
PubMed: 18126002
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(49)90134-5 -
Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift 1991At a meeting of the Royal and Imperial Association of Physicians in Vienna on December 18, 1908 Dr. Karl Landsteiner reported on the successful experimental transmission...
At a meeting of the Royal and Imperial Association of Physicians in Vienna on December 18, 1908 Dr. Karl Landsteiner reported on the successful experimental transmission of poliomyelitis from man to ape in a study which he undertook together with Erwin Popper. In a scientific article that was published shortly after the meeting, Landsteiner wrote that "the poliomyelitis virus belongs to the group of filterable micro-organisms". Soon, Landsteiner's results were confirmed by other colleagues. During a congress in Washington 1912 Landsteiner declared that the development of a vaccine against poliomyelitis might prove difficult but was certainly possible in his opinion. It took another 45 years before the first polio vaccine was available (1955 Salk) and another 5 years until the oral vaccine (1960 Sabin) was implemented. The incidence of poliomyelitis decreased dramatically in industrial countries as a result of vaccination. Today, poliomyelitis is still an enormous threat in developing countries. Together with many national and international institutions the WHO fights this situation very hard by means of vaccination campaigns. The incidence of side effects and insufficient reactions is small with both vaccines. New techniques in the field of molecular biology and a good knowledge of the poliovirus make it likely that further improvements on the vaccines which are currently available will take place.
Topics: Austria; Developing Countries; History, 19th Century; History, 20th Century; Humans; Poliomyelitis; Poliovirus Vaccine, Inactivated; Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral
PubMed: 2031349
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Bulletin of the History of Medicine 1997
Topics: Disease Outbreaks; England; History, 19th Century; History, 20th Century; Humans; Neurology; Poliomyelitis; United States
PubMed: 9197069
DOI: 10.1353/bhm.1997.0089 -
Lancet (London, England) Dec 1951
Topics: Disease Outbreaks; Poliomyelitis
PubMed: 14881586
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Public Health Reports (Washington, D.C.... Jan 1952
Topics: Biometry; Poliomyelitis
PubMed: 14883288
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The Journal of Laboratory and Clinical... Jun 1990
Topics: Animals; Europe; History, 20th Century; Humans; Poliomyelitis; Poliovirus Vaccine, Inactivated; Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral; United States
PubMed: 2195132
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Minnesota Medicine Nov 1952
Topics: Minnesota; Poliomyelitis
PubMed: 13002226
DOI: No ID Found -
Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps Jan 1946
Topics: Africa, Western; Poliomyelitis
PubMed: 21014993
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The New Zealand Medical Journal Apr 1946
Topics: New Zealand; Poliomyelitis
PubMed: 20984981
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Journal. Iowa State Medical Society May 1952
Topics: Biometry; Iowa; Poliomyelitis
PubMed: 12981319
DOI: No ID Found