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At its peak incidence in the United States, in 1952, approximately 21,000 cases of paralytic polio (a rate of 13.6 cases per 100,000 population) were recorded.
Oct 10, 2024
Oct 11, 2024 · The worst epidemic of polio occurred in 1952 where 57,628 cases were reported with 21,000 cases resulting in paralysis and 3,000 in death. One treatment for ...
Oct 22, 2024 · Prior to the introduction of a polio vaccine in 1955, infection was common, with epidemics during the summer and autumn of temperate countries. Polio ...
Oct 10, 2024 · In the 1940s and early 1950s, western Europe and North America lived through summertime terrors brought about by nearly annual polio epidemics.
Oct 6, 2024 · A US outbreak in 1916 killed more than 8,000 people; another in 1952 killed 3,000 and resulted in 20,000 cases of paralysis. [9][CDC.
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Oct 24, 2024 · #TBT to these photos from the 1950s and 1960s of polio research and a U.S. polio vaccination campaign. Swipe to see these historic photos ➡️
Oct 10, 2024 · The disease has been preventable since the 1960s thanks to effective vaccines. Two preventive vaccines are available: The inactivated poliovirus (IPV) vaccine ...
Oct 24, 2024 · A global decline in childhood immunization has also led to an increase in polio outbreaks, including in countries that had been polio-free for decades. Nowhere ...
Oct 25, 2024 · Albert Sabin developed an oral vaccine that would revolutionize the fight against polio in the 1950s. World Health Day, 1989 © WHO @ Photo by L. Taylor.
Oct 23, 2024 · "In the 1950s and '60s Montana was among the leaders in the war against polio and nearly 4000 Montana children participated in a 1954 field trial of the...