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Vaccinology and the Goal of Health for All

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Progress in Vaccinology

Part of the book series: Progress in Vaccinology ((VACCINOLOGY,volume 2))

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Abstract

Edward Jenner, who can truly be described as the first immunologist, coined the term vaccine from the Latin vaccinus, meaning “of the Cows” in 1798, almost two centuries ago (13). In 1796 Jenner inoculated an 8-year-old boy with material from a cowpox lesion for prevention of smallpox. The last case of naturally occurring smallpox was reported from Somalia in October 1977. Thus it took 181 years to rid the world of smallpox after the discovery of an effective vaccine. Smallpox is now a finished story.

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  1. V. Ramalingaswami
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  1. National Institute of Immunology, JNU Complex, Shahid Jeet Singh Marg, 110 067, New Delhi, India

    G. P. Talwar

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Ramalingaswami, V. (1989). Vaccinology and the Goal of Health for All. In: Talwar, G.P. (eds) Progress in Vaccinology. Progress in Vaccinology, vol 2. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3508-8_2

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