The production of anti-polio vaccine is explained, showing how the three types of virus are grown on Rhesus monkey kidney tissue. All remaining cell tissue is then removed, the virus inactivated, and the three strains mixed to ensure full protection. The vaccine is then safe to produce the protective anti-bodies in the person vaccinated.
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ACMI Identifier
002725
Language
English
Subject categories
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Communicable diseases
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Diseases
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Diseases - Prevention
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health education
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Immunization
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - Research
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Poliomyelitis
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Poliomyelitis vaccine
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Vaccination
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Virus diseases
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Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)