Milestone in Vaccination
1796- First vaccination by Edward Jenner against small-pox
1885- Successful immunization by sir Louis Pasteur against rabies
1892- Cholera vaccine
1913- Toxoid, Antitoxin immunization against diphtheria
1921- BCG vaccine
1923- Diphtheria toxoid
1923- Pertussis vaccine
1927- Tetanus toxoid
1937- Influenza vaccine
1937-Yellow fever vaccine
1949- Mumps vaccine
1954- Salk's polio vaccine
1957- Sabin's oral polio vaccine
1960- Measles vaccine
1964- Purified Chick Embryo Cell -Culture vaccine by kondo Human Diploid Cell Vaccine by Wiktor
1962- Rubella vaccine
1968- Type C Meningococcal vaccine
1970- Research in Israel proved that injection of a peptide from a virus can induce the production of antibodies that recognise the entire virus of disease
1971- Type A Meningococcal vaccine
1975- Live vaccine against Typhoid developed by Germanier and Durer
1980- First commercial vaccine for hepatitis B
1982- First vaccine produced through genetic engineering.
1982-First synthetic vaccine produced from Diphtheria toxin
1985- Purified Vero-cell Rabies vaccine by Merieux Institute
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