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Stanley Plotkin papers

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Held at: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia [Contact Us]19 S. 22nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103

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Call Number:
MSS 2/353
Repository:
Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Extent:
.6 linear feet (1 document box and 1 half document box)
Language:
English
Date:
1956-1959, 1999-2003 (inclusive)
Abstract:
Stanley A. Plotkin, M.D., has authored and co-authored over 700 publications and developed the standard rubella vaccination which is used worldwide. He is the co-developer of the pentavalent rotavirus vaccine, and has worked extensively on the development and application of other vaccines including anthrax, oral polio, rabies, varicella, and cytomegalovirus. The collection houses reprints, correspondence, testimonies, and lab reports, pertaining to the controversy of the origin of HIV and its debated relation to the oral polio vaccine tested in the Belgian Congo in the late 1950s.

Publisher
Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Finding Aid Author
Chrissie Perella
Finding Aid Date
21-22 April 2014
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This collection is fully restricted until the donor is deceased.

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