The Citizen (Gauteng)

MAJOR VACCINES DEVELOPED IN EACH CENTURY

- Graphic: Costa Mokola| Source: SAhistory.org, WHO

18th century

1796

Edward Jenner develops and documents first smallpox vaccine

19th century

1880

First vaccine for cholera by Louis Pasteur

1885

First vaccine for rabies by Louis Pasteur and Emile Roux

1897

First vaccine for bubonic plague by Waldemar Haffkine

20th century

1921

First vaccine for tuberculos­is by Albert Calmette

1932

First vaccine for yellow fever by Max Theiler and Jean Laigret

1937

First vaccine for influenza by Anatol Smorodints­ev

1984

First vaccine for chicken pox

21st century

2012

First vaccine for hepatitis E

2019

First vaccine for ebola approved

2021

Vaccines for Covid-19 are approved for the biggest vaccine drive in the history of humankind

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from South Africa