PREVENTIVE IMMUNIZATION IN A NATIONAL EMERGENCY
- 1 October 1951
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 35 (4) , 771-778
- https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-35-4-771
Abstract
Research in the past 50 yrs. has accomplished much in developing vaccines against specific diseases. Much of this work was carried out between the 2 World Wars. Examples of effective vaccines are: smallpox, yellow fever, typhus, typhoid, diphtheria, and tetanus toxoids. U. S. troops are adequately immunized with these vaccines. The U. S. civilian population is not adequately immunized against these diseases. Should biological warfare be introduced, a great deal of havoc could be occasioned by time off duty, through sickness, of civilians engaged in production of defense materials, and among our key personnel. Specific possibilities are cited.Keywords
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