2017-11-11Zeitschriftenartikel
Equination (inoculation of horsepox): An early alternative to vaccination (inoculation of cowpox) and the potential role of horsepox virus in the origin of the smallpox vaccine
Esparza, José; Schrick, Livia; Damaso, Clarissa R.; Nitsche, Andreas
For almost 150 years after Edward Jenner had published the “Inquiry” in 1798, it was generally assumed that the cowpox virus was the vaccine against smallpox. It was not until 1939 when it was shown that vaccinia, the ...