Professor Natan Goldblum: The Pioneer Producer of the Inactivated Poliomyelitis Vaccine in Israel.

• Autores: Nava Blum, Ehud Katz, Elizabeth Fee
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 100, Nº. 11, 2010, págs. 2074-2075
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article profiles scientist and professor Natan Goldblum who led Israel's production of inactivated poliomyelitis vaccine to combat the country's pandemic in the early 1950s. The etiology of the pandemic is discussed including a doubling of Israel's population due to post-war immigration from Europe. Goldblum's vaccine work was conducted at the request of the Israeli Ministry of Health, whose virology laboratory he directed. The history of Goldblum's pursuits in making the vaccine according to the methodology used by scientist Jonas Salk in the U.S. is described.