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Albert Sabin (1906-1993)

Polish-American virologist Albert Sabin (1906-1993) developed the first effective trivalent live-attenuated (oral) poliovirus vaccine. (Contributed by Dr. Douglas Lanska. Source: Woodward T. The Armed Forces Epidemiological Board: Its First Fifty Years. Falls Church, VA: Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, 1990. Public domain photograph of a U.S. Army soldier taken in the course of the person’s official duties.)

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