ID#: 29082
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This historic 1961 photograph depicts a polio vaccination campaign at a high school in Decatur, Georgia, where healthcare providers administered oral polio vaccine on sugar cubes to children accompanied by their parents. In this image, a young girl is being given a vaccine-laden sugar cube by her father, while a nurse steadies her head and guides her to open her mouth.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ George M. Stenhouse
Creation Date: 1961
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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Investigative Techniques
Immunologic Techniques
Immunization
Immunization Schedule
Mass Immunization
Therapeutics
Biological Therapy
Immunotherapy
Immunization
Immunization Schedule
Mass Immunization
Biological Sciences
Environment and Public Health
Public Health
Public Health Practice
Communicable Disease Control
Immunization
Mass Immunization
Vaccination
Primary Prevention
Immunization
Mass Immunization
Vaccination
Chemicals and Drugs
Immunologic and Biological Factors
Biological Products
Vaccines
Viral Vaccines
Poliovirus Vaccines
Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral
Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Central Nervous System Infections
Central Nervous System Viral Diseases
Myelitis
Poliomyelitis
Poliomyelitis
Myelitis
Poliomyelitis
Spinal Cord Diseases
Myelitis
Poliomyelitis
Poliomyelitis
Neuromuscular Diseases
Motor Neuron Disease
Poliomyelitis
Virus Diseases
Central Nervous System Viral Diseases
Myelitis
Poliomyelitis
Poliomyelitis
RNA Virus Infections
Picornaviridae Infections
Enterovirus Infections
Poliomyelitis
Health Care
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services
Health Services
Community Health Services
Preventive Health Services
Immunization Programs
Mass Immunization
Preventive Health Services
Immunization Programs
Mass Immunization
Primary Prevention
Immunization
Mass Immunization
Vaccination
Organisms
Viruses
RNA Viruses
Picornaviridae
Enterovirus
Polioviruses
Poliovirus
Vertebrate Viruses
RNA Viruses
Picornaviridae
Enterovirus
Polioviruses
Poliovirus
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