Vaccines Through Centuries: Major Cornerstones of Global Health

• Main Authors: Inaya eHajj Hussein (Author), Nour eChams (Author), Sana eChams (Author), Skye eEl Sayegh (Author), Reina eBadran (Author), Mohamad eRaad (Author), Alice eGerges-Geagea (Author), Angelo eLeone (Author), Abdo eJurjus (Author)
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• Udgivet: Frontiers Media S.A., 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Multiple cornerstones have shaped the history of vaccines, which may contain live attenuated viruses, inactivated organisms/viruses, inactivated toxins, or merely segments of the pathogen that could elicit an immune response.The story began with Hippocrates 400 B.C. with his description of mumps and...