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Vaccine Timeline
A Look Through Time
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Instructions:
For this assignment you will use the following timeline to answer questions 1 and 3.
To answer question 2 you will need to find creditable resources dealing with the
topic on the internet. DUE: 3/2/2004 This assignment is to be turned in on
paper.
1. Why is it possible to eliminate a disease like smallpox but not tetanus?
2. Write a paragraph discussing the conditions surrounding the retraction of the
Rotavirus vaccine from the market. Specifically compare the sample size used
in the trials for testing the Rotavirus vaccine to that of the complication rate.
Why is it that the Rotavirus vaccine was initially viewed as safe?
3. Compare Dr. Kortum’s children’s immunization records which can be found
within the timeline. For each child list the ages that they received the Hepatitis
B vaccine as well as the Chicken Pox (Varicella) vaccine. What accounts for
the differences you see in the ages they received them? Are there any
vaccines that one child has that another doesn’t, and WHY?
To Timeline
1881
1897
1796
1905
1882
1879
1890
1926
1945
1935
1937
1927
1952
1967
1964
1981
1970
1977
1972
1971
1974
1971
• MMR (tri-valent measles/mumps/rubella)
licensed.
1972
• U.S. ended routine use of smallpox
vaccine
See also 1796 , 1905 , 2003
1995
1985
1998
Today
1992
2001
1999
1994
2003
1997
Back to the start
1995
• Chicken Pox vaccine licensed and put into
wide spread use.
See also 1974
2003
• Smallpox vaccine stored in emergency
first responder med-kits.
See also 1796 , 1905 , 1972
2001
Katie’s Immunization
1999
• Rotavirus vaccine pulled off market due to
significant adverse reactions.
1998
• First vaccine for Rotavirus
Structure of rotavirus obtained by
electron cryomicroscopy and
computer image processing.
www.bcm.tmc.edu/biochem/ biochem_images.html
1994
Max with
baby Katie
Max’s immunization
1997
Zach’s Immunizations
1992
• First vaccine for
Hepatitis A
Alex’s immunizations
1985
• First vaccine for Haemophilus influenzae B
(HiB)
1981
• First vaccine for
Hepatitis B
Photo courtesy of CDC
1977
• First vaccine for Pneumonia
1974
• First vaccine for Chicken Pox (Varicella)
See also 1995
1970
• First vaccine for Rubella
1967
• First vaccine for Mumps
1964
• First vaccine for Measles
1952
• First vaccine for Polio
1945
• First vaccine for Influenza
1937
• First vaccine for Typhus
1935
• First vaccine for Yellow Fever
1927
• First vaccine for Tuberculosis
1926
• First vaccine for Pertussis or the
Whooping Cough
1890
• First vaccine for Tetanus
• First vaccine for Diphtheria
Tetanus
• Tetanus is a disease caused by the toxin
of the bacterium Clostridium tetani that
affects the central nervous system,
sometimes resulting in death. Spores of
the bacterium Clostridium tetani live in the
soil and are found around the world. In the
spore form, C. tetani may remain dormant
in the soil, and it can remain infectious for
more than 40 years.
1897
• First vaccine for the Plague
1882
• First vaccine for Rabies
1881
• First vaccine for Anthrax
1879
• First vaccine for Cholera
1796
• Smallpox vaccine is created, the first
vaccine for any disease.
See also 1905 , 1972 , 2003
1905
• In 1905 the US Supreme Court upholds
state law mandating smallpox vaccinations
See also 1796 , 1972 , 2003
Smallpox
• Smallpox is a viral disease unique to
humans. It is caused by the variola virus.
To sustain itself, the virus must pass from
person to person in a continuing chain of
infection and is spread by inhalation of air
droplets or aerosols.
References
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Smallpox information
– http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/overview/disease-facts.asp
– http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no4/henderson.htm
Tetanus information
– http://www.uhseast.com/14545.cfm
Vaccine timeline information
– http://www.909shot.com/Timeline/timeline.htm
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– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_vaccines
Images
– http://www.idph.state.il.us/about/vpcd.htm
– Microsoft health clipart collection on-line