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The vaccine uses a killed whole sample of HIV - similar to the Salk polio vaccine. But HIV is a crafty, constantly mutating microbe. (Globe and Mail)
Former State Health Officer Dr. Ira Myers Dies Jul 25, 2008
During his era in public health, countless advances were made in the treatment of disease and he initiated the mass Salk polio vaccine program as a part of his early work. He was instrumental in the initiation of a narcotics enforcement program, newborn screening, computerization, and support of a laboratory system. (WSJA.com, AL)
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For example, the Salk Polio vaccine, first used in the1950s, was made from dead virus, and the Sabin Polio vaccines were from the attenuated virus, in which the infectious part of the virus was inactivated. Scientists next took advantage of the B cell s ability to produce antibodies by identifying the most prominent antigen expressed, cloning it and giving it to patients to impart immunity from future infections. (Science Daily)
Wednesday Back In Time 04-25-2007 Apr 26, 2007
April 25, 1957: A program aimed at providing the first two of the three-shot Salk polio vaccine to Plainview school students will get under way Saturday at the Lamar School cafeteria. The mass vaccine program will be repeated May 25. (Plainview Daily Herald, TX)
Battling an epidemic POLIO NURSE SHARES MEMORIES Jan 7, 2007
Mimi Meade, age 7 in April 1954, winces as Dr. Richard Mulvaney inoculates her with the then-experimental Salk polio vaccine. Mrs. John Lucas, a registered nurse, holds Mimi's arm steady at a medical office in Northern Virginia. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
