The Polio Epidemic of 1952

Symptoms of Polio

Fear Factor

The Cause

Franklin D. Roosevelt

J. O’Connor

March of Dimes

World War II

Albert Sabin

Jonas Salk

Epidemic of 1952

The Biology of the Polio Virus and Vaccine

• Killed-Virus Vaccine (Salk’s vaccine)

• Live-Virus Vaccine (Sabin’s vaccine)