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THE HISTORY OF VACCINATION.
- Source :
- Contemporary Pediatrics; Nov2021, Vol. 38 Issue 11, p14-16, 3p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- The article discusses the importance of knowing the history of vaccination to help educate families about their benefits. Also cited are how British doctor Edward Jenner pioneered the concept of vaccination when he developed the smallpox vaccine in 1720s, the occurrence of a smallpox outbreak in the U.S. in 1949 as per Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data, and the work of French physician Louis Pasteur on vaccine science.
- Subjects :
- PREVENTIVE medicine
PREVENTION of infectious disease transmission
ANTHRAX treatment
DIPHTHERIA treatment
INFECTION prevention
TREATMENT of encephalitis
RABIES
POLIOMYELITIS vaccines
VACCINATION
SAFETY
DRUG efficacy
IMMUNIZATION
SMALLPOX
ANTHRAX vaccines
POLIO
MEASLES
DISEASE eradication
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
IMMUNIZATION of children
HISTORICAL research
SMALLPOX vaccines
RABIES vaccines
CATASTROPHIC illness
DIPHTHERIA vaccines
MEASLES vaccines
THERAPEUTICS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 87500507
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Contemporary Pediatrics
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 153551296