That virgin-soil epidemics were important in American history is strongly indicated by evidence that a number of dangerous maladies—smallpox, measles, malaria, yellow fever, and undoubtedly several more—were unknown in the pre-Columbian New World. The effects of their sudden introduction are demons...
Classic vaccine platforms, such as inactivated virus or peptide-based vaccines have had tremendous success in the control and eradication of several human infectious diseases (smallpox, polio, measles, etc.); however, the administration of these vaccines could promote certain complications, such as th...