History of vaccines and immunization

    • History of vaccination - PNAS

      Stanley Plotkin1 Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 Edited by Rino Rappuoli, Novartis Vaccines, Siena, Italy, and approved February 5, 2014 (received for review January 13, 2014) Vaccines have a history that started late in the 18th century.



    • Measles and the Modern History ª of Vaccination

      This article follows the history of measles to explore immunization successes and challenges in this modern era, because measles was the first of the mild and moderate diseases to become the target of a federally supported eradication-through-vaccination campaign, one that relied heavily on the preemptive, required vaccination of children.


    • [PDF File]Chapter 13 - Vaccination Mandates: The Public Health ...

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      This chapter describes the impact of vaccines in dramatically reducing infec­ tious diseases in the United States, the role of mandatory vaccination in achiev­ ing that impact, and the constitutional basis for these mandates. The chapter also briefly reviews the federal government’s role in immunization practices. BACKGROUND


    • [PDF File]Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) General ...

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      General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization: History 5 2. History The best practice guidelines in this report update the previous ACIP General Recommendations on Immunization (1) and are based both on review and analysis of available scientific evidence and on expert opinion of the diverse group of health-care


    • [PDF File]Master Lecture: The History of Vaccines and Immunization ...

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      the late 1790s, but vaccines were not used routinely until the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. For most of human history, other methods including quarantine were used to try to stem the tide of an epidemic.


    • VACCINE SAFETY BASICS - World Health Organization

      Vaccination is one of the great public health achievements of human history. Vaccines used in national immunization programmes (NIPs) are considered safe and effective when used correctly. Vaccines are, however, not risk-free and adverse events will occasionally occur following vaccination. Public trust in


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