SALK VACCINE

the first vaccine developed for immunization against poliomyelitis (a serious infectious disease, especially of children, often resulting in muscular paralysis). The Salk vaccine is named for Jonas Salk, the twentieth-century American scientist who developed it. —SHSBC Binder 4 Approved Glossary

a vaccine developed to prevent infantile paralysis, by Jonas E. Salk (1914@), U.S. physician and bacteriologist. See also infantile paralysis in this glossary.the first vaccine developed for immunization against poliomyelitis (a serious infectious disease, especially of children, often resulting in muscular paralysis). The Salk vaccine is named for Jonas Salk, the twentieth-century American scientist who developed it.