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Study describes the early evolution of oral poliovirus vaccine – News-Medical.Net

While the world reels from the spread of SARS-CoV2, the new coronavirus behind COVID-19, a much older and previously feared scourge–poliovirus–is close to being…

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Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Nov 19 2020
While the world reels from the spread of SARS-CoV2, the new coronavirus behind COVID-19, a much older and previously feared scourge–poliovirus–is close to being completely eradicated.
The polio vaccines, developed by Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin in the mid-1950s, heralded the elimination of polio from the U.S., saving countless children from sudden paralysis and death. In the developing world, however, outbreaks of poliovirus still occur sporadically,…

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