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Bacteria
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Tetanus Vaccine
Emil von Behring and Shibasaburo Kitasato developed the tetanus antitoxin in 1890. Behring pioneered...
Diphtheria Vaccine
The diphtheria toxoid vaccine was developed in 1923. Diphtheria was a major killer of children, caus...
Pertussis Vaccine
The pertussis or whooping cough vaccine was developed in the 1930s and widely adopted in the 1940s. ...
Typhoid Vaccine
Almroth Wright developed the first typhoid vaccine at the British Army Medical School in 1896. The v...
Cholera Vaccine
Jaime Ferran developed the first cholera vaccine during an outbreak in Spain in 1885. Ferrans vaccin...
Plague Vaccine
Waldemar Haffkine developed the first plague vaccine in Bombay in 1897. Haffkine, a Russian born sci...
Anthrax Vaccine
Louis Pasteur developed the first anthrax vaccine in 1881. Pasteur and his collaborators Emile Roux ...
BCG Tuberculosis
Albert Calmette and Camille Guerin developed the BCG Bacille Calmette Guerin vaccine at the Pasteur ...
Pneumococcal Vaccine
The first pneumococcal vaccine, a 14 valent polysaccharide vaccine, was licensed in 1977. A 23 valen...
Meningococcal Vaccine
The first meningococcal vaccine, a polysaccharide vaccine, was licensed in 1978. Conjugate vaccines ...
Haemophilus Influenzae
The Haemophilus influenzae type b Hib vaccine prevents bacterial meningitis and other invasive disea...
Q Fever Vaccine
Q fever vaccine, Q VAX, was developed in Australia and licensed in 1989. Q fever is caused by Coxiel...
Typhus Vaccine
Rudolf Weigl developed the first typhus vaccine in Lviv, Poland in 1920. Typhus, caused by Rickettsi...
Strep A Vaccine
Group A Streptococcus vaccines target Strep A, which causes pharyngitis, skin infections, rheumatic ...
Tuberculosis New Vaccine
New tuberculosis vaccines are urgently needed as BCG provides variable protection. M72 AS01E, develo...
Group B Strep Vaccine
Group B Streptococcus GBS vaccine targets the leading cause of sepsis and meningitis in newborns. GB...
Valneva Lyme
VLA15, developed by Valneva and Pfizer, is a Lyme disease vaccine candidate targeting Borrelia burgd...
Acinetobacter Vaccine
Acinetobacter baumannii vaccine development targets a multidrug resistant bacterium that causes infe...
Gonorrhea Vaccine
Gonorrhea vaccine development has been challenging due to the antigenic variability of Neisseria gon...
E coli UTI Vaccine
Uropathogenic E coli vaccine development targets the leading cause of urinary tract infections UTIs....
Staph Aureus Vaccine
Staphylococcus aureus vaccine development has been notoriously difficult. S aureus causes skin infec...
Pneumococcal PCV15
PCV15 Vaxneuvance by Merck and PCV20 Prevnar 20 by Pfizer were licensed for adults in 2021 and later...
Epidemic Typhus WW2
During World War II, epidemic typhus was a major threat. The disease killed millions during previous...
Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine
Typhoid conjugate vaccines represent a major advance over older typhoid vaccines. Typbar TCV, develo...
Meningitis Belt Africa
The African meningitis belt stretches across sub Saharan Africa from Senegal to Ethiopia. Epidemic m...
Vaccine BCG Bladder Cancer
BCG is used as an immunotherapy for bladder cancer. Since 1976, intravesical BCG has been the standa...
Pasteur Anthrax Trial
The Pouilly le Fort anthrax trial was one of the most dramatic public demonstrations in science hist...
Cholera Hamburg 1892
In 1892, a cholera epidemic struck Hamburg, Germany, killing roughly 8,600 people. Hamburg relied on...
Pertussis Sweden
Sweden discontinued whole cell pertussis vaccination in 1979 due to safety concerns. The decision wa...