Article
Russian contribution to OPV.
Biologicals : journal of the International Association of Biological Standardization - 1 Dec 1993
Agol V I, Drozdov S G
Abstract excerpt
Field trials and the first mass immunization campaign using Oral Poliomyelitis Vaccine (OPV) from the strains derived by Albert Sabin were carried out in the former U.S.S.R. in 1959 under the guidance of Mikhail Chumakov. The results obtained during these trials contributed greatly to the general...
Topics
- Clinical Trials as Topic
- History, 20th Century
- Humans
- Immunization Programs
- Phenotype
- Poliomyelitis
- Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral
- Recombination, Genetic
- USSR
- Virulence