Mikhail Chumakov
Mikhail Petrovich Chumakov | |
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| Born | 14 November 1909 Polio Vaccine |
| Awards | Stalin Prize of First Degree in Science and Technology(1941) Lenin Prize in Science and Technology (1963) Hero of Socialist Labour (1983) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Microbiology, Virology |
| Institutions | D.I.Ivanovsky Institute of Virology, Moscow, USSR M.P.Chumakov Institute of Poliomyelitis and VIral Encephalitides, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences |
Mikhail Petrovich Chumakov (
Albert B. Sabin.[1]
Life and work
Chumakov graduated in 1931 from
poliomyelitis eradication campaign. Chumakov also created a number of other human and veterinarian vaccines, including inactivated vaccine against TBE, measles, influenza and vaccine against Canine distemper
virus that is widely used to protect farmed fur animals. Chumakov published more than 960 research papers, scholarly articles and books.
Chumakov held an
Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina
was also named in his honor.
References
- ^ Sabin, A.B. Role of my cooperation with Soviet scientists in the elimination of polio: possible lessons for relations between the U.S.A. and the USSR. Perspect Biol Med. 1987 Autumn; 31(1):57-64.
- ^ Chumakov MP, Sarmanova ES, Bychkova MV, Bannova GG, Pivanova GP, Karpovich LG, Izotov VK, Rzhakhova OE. Identification of Kemerovo Tick-Borne Fever Virus and its antigenic independence. Fed Proc Transl Suppl. 1964 Jul-Aug;23:852-4
- ^ Rojansky, Matthew (2013-05-08). "The Latent Power of Health Cooperation in U.S.-Russian Relations". Science & Diplomacy. 2 (2).
- ^ Khromchencko, Matvei (1974). "He saved millions of lives". Soviet Life. Embassy of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics in the USA. pp. 47–48.
- ^ Benison, S. International Medical Cooperation: Dr. Albert Sabin, Live Poliovirus Vaccine and the Soviets. Bulletin of the History of Medicine 56 (1982), 460-83
- ^ Swanson, W. Birth of a Cold War Vaccine. Scientific American, April 2012, 306(4): 66 -9
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