“Actions Imposed by Circumstances”: The Colonial Origins of The Yellow Fever Vaccine Debate, 1940s–1970s
Why did the French neurotropic vaccine against yellow fever remain in global use from 1945 to the early 1980s, despite mounting evidence that it could cause fatal encephalitis in small children? This paper investigates debates over the safety and efficacy of the French Dakar-strain vaccine at the W...
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| Language: | English |
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Society for Social Studies of Science
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Engaging Science, Technology, and Society |
| Online Access: | https://estsjournal.org/index.php/ests/article/view/1421 |