Salk vaccine

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Salk vaccine

A vaccine consisting of inactivated polioviruses, used to immunize against poliomyelitis.

[After Jonas Edward Salk.]

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Salk vaccine - a poliovirus vaccine consisting of inactivated polio virus that is injected subcutaneously to provide immunity to poliomyelitis

IPV

poliovirus vaccine - vaccine prepared from poliovirus to provide immunity to poliomyelitis

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IPV Jonas Edward Salk Jonas Salk poliovirus vaccine Salk Salk Jonas Edward			The Salk vaccine trials were the dramatic culmination of years of research and a multimillion-dollar investment, made up in large part by public donations. SCIENCE FARE by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) As for the Salk vaccine for poliomyelitis, developed in the 1950s, medical research has thankfully moved on since then with the test tube gradually replacing the laboratory mouse. Letter: Your Say - Animal tests so illogical now by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) Along with Albert Sabin's later oral live-virus version, the Salk vaccine made it possible to conquer this dreaded disease in every country of the Americas (see sidebar p. The man who made polio history by Fujimura, Sara Francis / Perspectives in Health			Salix candida Salix caprea Salix cinerea Salix discolor Salix fragilis Salix herbacea Salix humilis Salix lasiolepis Salix lucida Salix nigra Salix pendulina Salix pendulina blanda Salix pentandra Salix purpurea Salix pyrifolia Salix repens Salix sericea Salix sitchensis Salix triandra Salix tristis Salix uva-ursi Salix viminalis Salix vitellina Salk Salk Jonas Edward Salk vaccine sallee sallenders sallet Salliance sallow Sallow thorn Sallowish sallowness Sallust sally Sally Army sally forth sally lunn sally out sally port sallying forth Sallyman sallyport Salm Salmacis salmagundi Salman Rushdie Salmanazar salmi Salmiac			Salix pendulina blanda Salix pentandra Salix purpurea Salix pyrifolia Salix repens Salix sericea Salix sitchensis Salix spp Salix triandra Salix tristis Salix uva-ursi Salix viminalis Salix vitellina SALJ Saljuk Saljuks Saljuq Saljuq dynasty Saljuqs Salk Salk Salk Salk Salk Institute Biotechnology Industrial Associates Inc. Salk Institute for Biological Studies Salk Institute Sociability Questionnaire Salk Jonas Edward Salk vaccine Salk, Jonas Salk, Jonas Edward Salk, Jonas Edward Salk, Jonas Edward Salk, Jonas Edward Salkantay Salkhad Salkovo Sall Salla Allahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam Salla disease Salla disease Salla disease Salla disease Salla disease Sallah Festival Sallai, Imre Sallalahu Alaihi Wasallam Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam SALLAM Sallarid Dynasty Salle Salle de Bains Salle de Commande Salle de Douches Salle de Soins Post-Interventionnels Salle des Etats Salle des Etats Salle des Etats Salle Semi-Anéchoique

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