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. 2001 Apr;14(2):430–445. doi: 10.1128/CMR.14.2.430-445.2001

TABLE 2.

Available vaccines listed by year of first vaccine development or licensure in the United States, 1700–2000

Period Yr Vaccine Efficacy by recommended route of administration:
Mucosal Systemic
1700–1799 1798 Smallpox 0
1800–1899 1885 Rabies +
1896 Typhoid +
1896 Cholera +
1897 Plague +
1900–1959 1923 Diphtheria +
1926 Pertussis +
1927 Tetanus +
1927 Tuberculosis +
1945 Influenza +
1953 Yellow fever +
1955 Poliomyelitis (IPV) +
1960–2000 1960 Poliomyelitis (OPV) +
1963 Measles +
1969 Mumps +
1969 Rubella +
1970 Anthrax +
1975 Meningococcus (Aac) +
1977 Streptococcus pneumoniae +
1980 Adenovirusa +
1981 Hepatitis B +
1985 Haemophilus influenzae B +
1992 Japanese encephalitis +
1995 Hepatitis A +
1995 Varicella-zoster +
1998 Lyme disease +
1998 Rotavirusb +
1999 Typhoida +
1999 Choleraa +
Influenza Ac +
a

Not available for routine use. 

b

Discontinued. 

c

Recently developed.