Between bacteriology and virology: the development of typhus vaccines between the First and Second World Wars.
This paper provides an overview of the development of typhus vaccines between the first and second world wars. It is shown that there was a shift in the classification of the causal Rickettsiae from being classed as bacteria to being conceptualised as a type of virus. This 'paradigm switch' stimulated interest in the possibility of producing an effective medicine.
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Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, Oxford, UK.
D000818:Animals; D001317:Austria; D002642:Chick Embryo; D004285:Dogs; D005602:France; D005858:Germany; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D051379:Mice; D008003:Phthiraptera / Q000276:immunology; D011044:Poland; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology; D012283:Rickettsia prowazekii / Q000276:immunology*; D012290:Rickettsial Vaccines; D012426:Russia; D014438:Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014857:Warfare
D012290:Rickettsial Vaccines