SABIN, Albert Bruce (1906 – 1993)

1934

#4658

Acute ascending myelitis following a monkey bite, with the isolation of a virus capable of reproducing the disease.

Herpesvirus simiae (B virus) infection; isolation of the virus.

1936

#4670.6

Cultivation of poliomyelitis virus in vitro in human embryonic nervous tissue.

Isolation and propagation of the poliomyelitis virus in pure culture.

1945

#5475.1

Production of immunity to dengue with virus modified by propagation in mice.

Successful propagation of dengue in mice and production of a vaccine.

1955

#4672.3

Immunization of chimpanzees and human beings with avirulent strains of poliomyelitis virus.

Sabin reported the successful immunization of chimpanzees by oral and I.M. route using the Brunhilde, Mahoney and Leon strains of polio virus. On p. 1055 he reported the experimental results on humans given a "single …