Salk vaccine
Injected polio protection
The Salk vaccine is the first successful polio vaccine, developed by American physician Jonas Salk in the 1950s.
It uses killed (inactivated) poliovirus to stimulate immunity without causing infection.
Mass vaccination campaigns dramatically reduced polio cases worldwide.
The Salk vaccine is given by injection, unlike the later Sabin oral vaccine.
- post-polio syndromeLate deterioration after childhood paralysis
- antigenImmune response inducer
- immunityProtected from harm
- paralysisLoss of muscle function
- sugar cubePressed crystalline sweetener block
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Salk vaccinevaccine refusal
Declining immunization treatment
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