Salk vaccine

American  

noun

1. a vaccine that contains three types of inactivated poliomyelitis viruses and induces immunity against the disease.

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Salk vaccine Cultural  

1. The first vaccine developed for immunization against poliomyelitis. It is named for Jonas Salk, the twentieth-century American scientist who developed it.

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Etymology

Origin of Salk vaccine

First recorded in 1950–55; named after J. E. Salk

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Salk vaccine

When the Salk vaccine came out, we were among the first children who were vaccinated.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2024

Acceptance of these vaccines even survived setbacks such as the “Cutter incident” in which a Berkeley manufacturer of the Salk vaccine issued contaminated lots that sickened 40,000 children.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2022

The Salk vaccine required three injections, plus a booster, which meant multiple trips to the doctor.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2022

In his efforts to have Sabin’s vaccine delicensed, he was overruled by the major medical decision-makers, and by 1968, U.S. pharmaceutical companies had stopped manufacturing the Salk vaccine.

From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2021

Polio, which had kept my parents quarantined indoors during the summers of their childhood, had been conquered by the Salk vaccine.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides