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Hace 5 días · Edward Jenner (1749-1823) fue un médico y científico inglés que realizó contribuciones revolucionarias en el campo de la medicina, en particular en relación con la vacunación contra la viruela. Su trabajo innovador allanó el camino para la inmunización moderna y tuvo un impacto duradero en la salud pública y la prevención ...
7 de jun. de 2024 · Descubre la fascinante historia de Edward Jenner y su revolucionario descubrimiento en "Cómo la primera vacuna salvó millones de vidas: La historia de Edward Jenner y la viruela."...
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18 de jun. de 2024 · A much safer procedure was developed by Edward Jenner, a physician in Gloucestershire, England. In 1796 Jenner deliberately infected a small boy with variolae vaccinae, or cowpox, a bovine version of smallpox.
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- Smallpox is caused by infection with variola major, a virus of the family Poxviridae. A less-virulent form of smallpox, called alastrim, is caused...
- Smallpox was one of the first diseases to be controlled by a vaccine. In 1967 the World Health Organization (WHO) began a global vaccination progra...
- For centuries smallpox was one of the world’s most-dreaded plagues, killing as many as 30 percent of its victims, most of them children.
- People who survived smallpox were permanently immune to a second infection, though they faced a lifetime of disfigurement and, in some cases, blind...
- The last endemic case of smallpox (actually an infection of variola minor) was recorded in Somalia in 1977. No cases were reported from 1977 to 198...
- Monkeypox is caused by the monkeypox virus, which is a member of Poxviridae, the same virus family that causes smallpox and cowpox.
20 de jun. de 2024 · The 18th Century English physician, Edward Jenner, hypothesised that prior infection with cowpox – a mild illness spread from cattle – might be responsible for the suspected protection against smallpox. And so, he set to work on a series of experiments, now considered the birth of immunology, vaccine therapy, and preventive health.
Hace 6 días · The first vaccine was introduced by British physician Edward Jenner, who in 1796 used the cowpox virus (vaccinia) to confer protection against smallpox, a related virus, in humans.
Hace 5 días · Al parecer, en países como China y Turquía se venía practicando la inoculación de cepas desde mucho antes, alrededor del siglo X. Sin embargo, el padre de la inmunología que conocemos es el médico inglés Edward Jenner, quien comprobó que entre la población rural era habitual contraer la viruela bovina, mucho más leve que la ...
14 de jun. de 2024 · edward jenner, FRS FRCPE (17 May 1749 – 26 January 1823) was an English physician and scientist who pioneered the concept of vaccines including creating the smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine.
