Jonas Salk : a life /

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"The first full biography of Jonas Salk offers a complete picture of the enigmatic figure, from his early years working on an influenza vaccine--for which he never fully got credit--to his seminal creation of the Polio vaccine, up through his later work to find a cure for AIDS"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jacobs, Charlotte (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Salk, Jonas, > 1914-1995.
Salk, Jonas, > 1914-1995
Virologists > United States > Biography.
Poliomyelitis > United States > History.
Poliomyelitis > Vaccination > United States > History.
Poliomyelitis vaccine > History.
Influenza vaccines > History.
AIDS vaccines.
Virology.
Physicians.
Poliomyelitis > prevention & control
Virology
Physicians
Vaccination > history
History, 20th Century
AIDS Vaccines > history
Influenza Vaccines > history
Poliomyelitis > history
Poliovirus Vaccines > history
AIDS Vaccines
Virologistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Poliomyélite > États-Unis > Histoire.
Poliomyélite > Vaccination > États-Unis > Histoire.
Vaccin antipoliomyélitique > Histoire.
Vaccins antigrippaux > Histoire.
Vaccins contre le sida.
Virologie.
Médecins.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
physicians.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
SCIENCE > History.
MEDICAL > History.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Microbiology.
AIDS vaccines
Influenza vaccines
Poliomyelitis
Poliomyelitis > Vaccination
Poliomyelitis vaccine
Virologists
United States
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Two plagues
  • Born to serve
  • Finding his place
  • A wedding and a war
  • Joining the fight against influenza
  • Vaccine neophyte
  • Pittsburgh's virgin territory
  • Polio
  • The chosen
  • Ready to run
  • Research sub rosa
  • Out of his hands
  • The world's largest clinical trial
  • Relief from fear
  • The Cutter affair
  • Fame and its consequences
  • Act II
  • Two cultures under one roof
  • The price of a masterpiece
  • Seeking Shangri-La
  • A troubled marriage
  • Harnessing the immune system
  • A most unusual arrangement
  • Salk unfolding
  • Fall from grace
  • Final fling
  • Marginalized
  • The swine flu snafu
  • Return to the polio vaccine controversy
  • A Trojan horse
  • Disciples, sycophants, and lovers
  • AIDS: Salk's next mountain
  • Unbowed.

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