Jonas Salk at the University of Pittsburgh.
Albert Sabin invented the oral live attenuated virus vaccine.
In 1955, a vaccine was developed that used weakened forms of the virus. This vaccine and the subsequent Sabin vaccine nearly wiped out polio in the world
Salk & SabinThe Salk vaccine was the first and is a traditional killed virus vaccine administered by injection.The Sabin vaccine is an attenuated live virus vaccine usually administered as a drop of liquid placed on a sugar cube and taken by mouth.
Jonas Salk developed an inactivated virus polio vaccine in 1952 that was first used on people in 1955. Albert Sabin developed a live vaccine in 1958. It was the Sabin vaccine that was used to eliminate Polio around the world, but it was then removed from service because of its higher rate of induced disease.
The first ever polio vaccine was developed by Dr Jonas Salk at the University of Pittsburgh in the early 1950s. It was a killed vaccine that was tested in clinical trials in 1954 and ultimately gained government approval by 1955 for use on the common public. There is also another polio vaccine that was developed by Dr Albert Sabin. This vaccine was a live version of the polio virus and is taken orally. It was approved for use in the general public in 1963. == == == == == == == ==
Years before Jonas Salk's work, Dr. Albert Sabin developed a polio vaccine using live virus. The Sabin vaccine was used for 18 years before the government recommended using the Salk vaccine, exclusively.
Jonas Salk never cured polio. The killed virus vaccine that he developed was able to keep people from getting the disease, but it did nothing for those who already had polio.
They changed to inactivated to lower the risk of shedding polio virus after the live vaccine.
The first ever polio vaccine was developed by Dr. Jonas Salk at the University of Pittsburgh in the early 1950s. It was a killed vaccine that was tested in clinical trials in 1954 and ultimately gained government approval by 1955 for use on the general public. There is also another polio vaccine that was developed by Dr. Albert Sabin. This vaccine was a live version of the polio virus and is taken orally. It was approved for use in the general public in 1963.
The first oral polio vaccine, administered as a liquid drop applied to a sugar cube, was developed by Albert Sabin. It was licensed for use in the US in 1962, seven years after Jonas Salk's inactivated virus vaccine was licensed.
The oral polio vaccine was developed by Dr. Albert Sabin in the early 1960s, with its widespread use beginning in 1962. Unlike the earlier injected vaccine created by Dr. Jonas Salk, Sabin's oral vaccine used live attenuated virus and was easier to administer, contributing significantly to polio eradication efforts worldwide.
The vaccine is given through mouth because it is a live attenuated virus vaccine.