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Jonas Salk (1914–1995) became a national hero when he allayed the fear of the dreaded disease with his polio vaccine, approved in 1955. Although it was the first polio vaccine, it was not to be the last; Albert Bruce Sabin (1906–1993) introduced an oral vaccine in the United States in the 1960s that replaced Salk’s.
In the end, both Albert Sabin and Jonas Salk could rightfully claim credit for one of humanity’s greatest accomplishments—the near-eradication of polio in the 20th century.
B) Albert Bruce Sabin. C) Robert Koch. D) Jonas Edward Salk. Decide first. Then turn the page. This is a photograph of Albert Bruce Sabin (1906–1993), the man who made the oral polio vaccine (Figure). Sabin’s name will always be associated with poliomyelitis, a disease that claimed millions of victims in the 20th century, particularly among ...
- Davide Orsini, Mariano Martini
- Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 Mar; 28(3): 743-746.
- 10.3201/eid2803.204699
- 2022/03
May 11, 2015 · Albert Sabin, who as a teenager moved to New Jersey to escape the pogroms in Poland in 1920, championed the cause of the oral "live" vaccine, where the amount of virus is too small to prevent transmission but just enough to give immunity. Sabin was a brilliant but strong-headed virologist who clashed with Salk from the beginning.
Apr 10, 2015 · On April 12, 2015, the world will celebrate the 60th anniversary of Jonas Salk's vaccine that helped defeat a contagious, crippling virus. ... Dr. Albert B. Sabin (right) and Dr. Jonas Salk in ...
May 22, 2020 · In the 1950s, as Dr. Jonas Salk and virologist Albert Sabin worked to create a vaccine to prevent infantile paralysis, the threat from polio was already long familiar to Americans.
Jonas Edward Salk (/ s ɔː l k /; born Jonas Salk; October 28, 1914 – June 23, 1995) was an American virologist and medical researcher who developed one of the first successful polio vaccines. He was born in New York City and attended the City College of New York and New York University School of Medicine .
