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May 19, 2014

Important Vaccines and Persons who discovered them - GK for Competitive Exams

Scientists who discovered vaccines, Who developed vaccine for Humans, Vaccine Discovery in World.

Vaccine
Discovered by
Small pox
Edward Jenner (1786) of Gloucestershire made the first, successful small pox vaccination.
Cholera
Louis Pasteur (1880) of France prepared the first Cholera vaccine.
Diphtheria and tetanus
Important Vaccine and Person who discovered them,  Scientists who discovered vaccines, Who developed vaccine for Humans, Vaccine Discovery in World.
Emil Adolf Von Belming and Shibasaburo Kitasato of Germany and Japan respectively(1891) developed anti-toxins to treat diphtheria and tetanus.

TB vaccine
Leon Calmette and Camille Guerin (1992) Paris, developed the first TB vaccine.
Polio vaccine
Jonas E. Salk (1954) Pittsburgh (US).
Oval Polio Vaccine
Albert Bruce Sabin (1955) US
Measles vaccine
John F. Enders (1960) USA
Rabies Vaccine
Typhus Vaccine Charles Nicolle (1909) France.
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