The Vaccine Conundrum :The Scientist [2007-04-01]


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The Vaccine Conundrum They've eradicated smallpox, and all but eradicated polio. Their successes in lowering the disease burden of any number of other diseases are well known. Vaccines have joined an elite group of public health and medical approaches such as penicillin, pasteurization, and insecticides that have virtually eliminated diseases such as syphilis, bovine tuberculosis, and malaria from many regions of the