Hilary Koprowski
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Hilary Koprowski was a Polish virologist and immunologist. He was the first scientist to produce attenuated poliovirus and to conduct large-scale clinical research studies of an oral polio vaccine. Hi
Hilary Koprowski. Photograph. Wellcome V0027622
Koprowski in 2007
Polio vaccine
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Polio vaccine is a vaccine used to prevent poliomyelitis. Two types are used: an inactivated poliovirus given by injection and a weakened poliovirus given by mouth. The World Health Organization recom
Hilary Koprowski
…virologist and immunologist. He was the first scientist to produce attenuated poliovirus and to conduct large-scale clinical research studies of an oral polio vaccine. His vaccine was used to immunize millions of children during trials in the Belgian Congo and Poland. He was the director of the Wistar Institute of…
Poliodrops
This 1963 poster featured the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's national symbol of public health, the "Wellbee", encouraging the public to receive an oral polio vaccine.
Doses of oral polio vaccine are added to sugar cubes for use in a 1967 vaccination campaign in Bonn, West Germany
Sabin immunization certificate