Friday 29 May 2015

polio vaccine was discovered by whom?

polio vaccine was discovered by whom?

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1) Albert Sabin

2)Jonas Salk

3) Louis Kahn

4) Dr.Jonas Salk

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4) Dr.Jonas Salk

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Jonas Edward Salk worked as medical researcher and virologist.

He was an American.

He is credited to have  discovered and developed the first polio vaccine

Awards: Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

 National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis  known as March of Dimes Foundation since 2007 would fund the development of a vaccine

 In 1938, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt started the   National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis

He is considered as the most famous  victim of the disease

field trial included

20,000 physicians and public health officers,

64,000 school personnel,

 220,000 volunteers.

 1,800,000 school children

It is considered one of its kind in history


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