Sabin vaccine Med.
(ˈseɪbɪn)
[Named after Albert Bruce Sabin (b. 1906), Russian-born U.S. microbiologist who developed the vaccine in 1955.]
A vaccine against poliomyelitis made from attenuated viruses of the three serological types and administered orally.
| 1955 Brit. Med. Jrnl. I. 24/1 (Index), Vaccination; human trial of Sabin (live) vaccine. 1961 Lancet 30 Sept. 756/2 Administration of candied live Sabin vaccine led to a sharp reduction in poliomyelitis incidence and complete prevention of a seasonal rise in incidence during summer and autumn months. 1978 Daily Tel. 13 June 16 The production of anti-polio vaccine in America is being imperilled because India has stopped the export of rhesus monkeys, needed for processing Salk and Sabin vaccines, in the past few months. |