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Polio Epidemic Spurs North Carolina Virginia Vaccine Trials
North Carolina faces a severe polio outbreak with about 350 cases, spreading into Virginia as researchers test vaccines. The Park Brodie and Kolmer vaccines are in trials, using rhesus monkeys for preparation, with federal researchers guiding ethically. The effort aims to prove artificial immunity while documenting outcomes in vaccinated and control groups.
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William C. Utley
North Carolina
Virginia
California
Jackson County
J. C. Knox
Raleigh
Wake County
Atlantic Seaboard
Maurice Brodie
William H. Park
New York City
Kolmer
India
United States Public Health Service
James P. Leake
A. G. Gilliam
Greensboro
N. C
South
Doctor Gilliam
Chicago
Warm Springs
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Walter Scott
United States