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Demonstrated monkey protection and antibody response in eight human recipients of cultured virus.
Scientific scope
The record is the exact 1937 Journal of Experimental Medicine paper and its small reported human series. The companion pathogenicity paper, strain-development work, mass vaccination, later safety evidence and eradication claims remain separate.
Evidence
The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact 1937 Journal of Experimental Medicine paper and its small reported human series. The companion pathogenicity paper, strain-development work, mass vaccination, later safety evidence and eradication claims remain separate.
Contributors
- Max Theiler · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Hugh H. Smith · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- PMC record for yellow-fever immunization paper
- Wellcome Collection record for yellow-fever immunization paper
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