POLIOMYELITIS IMMUNIZATION IN 1957
Authors: JOHN R. PAUL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Editorial1 June 1957POLIOMYELITIS IMMUNIZATION IN 1957JOHN R. PAUL, M.D.JOHN R. PAUL, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-46-6-1214 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAs there has been no dearth of editorial comment on the Salk antipoliomyelitis vaccine it might seem superfluous to add more, particularly as the most acute issues which arose in 1955 about this vaccine seem to have been more or less settled. The uproar which took place in the spring of 1955 has subsided and the experience of 1956 has satisfied most physicians in this country that the vaccine is safe and probably at least as effective as the Francis report originally demonstrated.1This report of the 1954 field trial indicated that what might still be called an "acute immunity"...1 Francis T:Evaluation of 1954 poliomyelitis vaccine trials, Am. J. Pub. Health 45: pt. 2, (May) 1955. Google Scholar2 Salk JE: Poliomyelitis vaccine in the fall of 1956, Am. J. Pub. Health 47: 1, 1957. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3 Poliomyelitis vaccination. A preliminary review, Tech. Rep. Series 101, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1956. Google Scholar4 Poliomyelitis, J. A. M. A. 168: 653, 1957. Google Scholar5 Bodian D: Background for active immunization against poliomyelitis, Pediatrics 15: 107, 1953. See also: Mechanisms of infection with polioviruses, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sc. (in press). Google Scholar6 Sabin AB: Pathogenesis of poliomyelitis. Reappraisal in the light of new data, Science 123: 1151, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7 Faber HK: The evolution of poliomyelitic infection, Pediatrics 17: 278, 1956. MedlineGoogle Scholar8 Horstmann DM: Pathogenesis and immunity in poliomyelitis. The 1957 Gudakunst Lecture (unpublished). Google Scholar9 WennerKomitsuka HAP: On the presence of poliomyelitis virus in regional lymph nodes, Pediatrics 16: 770, 1955. MedlineGoogle Scholar10 Horstmann DM: Poliomyelitis virus in blood of orally infected monkeys and chimpanzees, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med. 79: 417, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11 Bodian D: A reconsideration of the pathogenesis of poliomyelitis, Am. J. Hygiene 55: 414, 1952. MedlineGoogle Scholar12 HorstmannMcCollumMascola DMRWAD: Viremia in human poliomyelitis, J. Exper. Med. 99: 355, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13 LipsonRobbinsWood MJFCWA: The influence of vaccination upon intestinal infection of family contacts of poliomyelitis patients, J. Clin. Investigation 35: 722, 1956. Google Scholar14 Paul JR: Properties of an "ideal" poliomyelitis vaccine, Bull. N. Y. Acad. Med. 32: 747, 1956. See also: Indications for vaccination against poliomyelitis, J. A. M. A. 162: 1585, 1956. MedlineGoogle Scholar15 KoprowskiNortonJervisNelsonChadwickNelsonMeyer HTWGATLDLDJKF: Clinical investigations on attenuated strains of poliomyelitis virus, J. A. M. A. 160: 954, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar16 Sabin AB: Present status of attenuated live virus poliomyelitis vaccine, J. A. M. A. 162: 1589, 1956. See also Bull. N. Y. Acad. Med. 33: 17, 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar17 DaneDick DSGW: Vaccination against poliomyelitis with live virus vaccines. I. Trial of T. N. Type II vaccine, Brit. M. J. 1: 59, 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar18 HorstmannPaulMelnickDeutsch DMJRJLJV: Infection induced by oral administration of attenuated poliovirus to persons possessing homotypic antibodies, J. Exper. Med. (in press). Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 June 1957Volume 46, Issue 6Page: 1214-1218KeywordsImmunityPoliomyelitisVaccines Issue Published: 1 June 1957 PDF DownloadLoading ...