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. 2018 Mar 30:443–470. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-804571-8.00003-2

Table 19.1.

Selected Vaccine Development, Developer and Year of Licensure, 1798–2014

Vaccine Developer Year
Smallpox Jenner 1798
Anthrax (animal) Pasteur 1881
Rabies Pasteur 1885
Cholera Hafkine 1911
Diphtheria von Behring 1913
Tetanus Glenny 1924
Pertussis Bordet and Gengou 1926
Tuberculosis (BCG) Calmette and Guerin 1927
Diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus (DPT) combineda Eldering, Gordon, Kendrick 1948
Japanese encephalitis Hilleman 1944
Poliomyelitis, Salk inactivated vaccinea Salk 1955
Hong Kong flu Hilleman 1957
Poliomyelitis, Sabin attenuated vaccine Sabin 1960
Measles Hilleman 1963
Mumps Hilleman 1967
Hong Kong flu pandemic Hilleman 1968
Rubella Hilleman 1969
MMRa Hilleman 1969
Meningococcal polysaccharide Hilleman 1974
Pneumococcal pneumoniaa Hilleman 1977
Hepatitis B subunit Hilleman 1981
Varicella—Chicken poxa Hilleman 1981
Hepatitis B recombinanta Hilleman 1986
Conjugate Haemophilus influenza b (Hib)a Robbins and Schneerson 1987
Hepatitis Aa Hilleman 1995
Diphtheria, tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine adsorbed (DTaP)a Commercial firms 2002
Rotavirusa Clark, Plotkin, and Offit 2006
Human papilloma virusa Frazer and Zhou 2006
Meningococcal group B Pfizer 2014
a

Vaccines recommended for routine use in US children. BCG vaccine is not used routinely in the United States, but selectively for persons considered to be at risk for TB. Smallpox routine vaccination ended in 1971. The United States discontinued routine usage of Sabin vaccine in 2000.

Source: Adapted from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Achievements in public health, 1900–1999: impact of vaccines universally recommended for children—United States, 1990–1998. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1999;48(12):243–248. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00056803.htm (accessed 2 February 2018); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vaccines and immunization: human papillomavirus. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/hpv.html#vaccines (accessed 29 April 2017); College of Physicians of Philadelphia. The history of vaccines: vaccine development and licensing of vaccines. Last updated 17 January 2018. Available at: https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/vaccine-development-licensing-events (accessed 1 February 2018).