Jonas Sak's own child contracted poliomyelitis as an infant
Jonas Sak suffered from poliomyelitis as a young child
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Read the entry on Jonas Salk from Compton's Encyclopedia/The Britannica School Edition and answer the question beneath the text.
Compton's Encyclopedia
Jonas Salk (1014-1005). For the first half of the 20th century, poliomyels, also known as infantile paralysis was one of the most dreaded diseases to attack young people. By 1055 American physician and researcher Jonas Salk had
developed a vaccine that almost eradicated the disease in the United States and other developed countries
Jonas Edward Salk was born in New York City on October 28, 1014 He graduated from the City College of New York in 1934 and earned his doctorate in medicine from New York University's College of Medicine in 1930 While in medical
school he had worked with Thomas Francis Iron Bolled-virus immunology studies. In 1942 he joined a group at the University of Michigan working on a vaccine against influenza The vaccine was perfected in 1953
In 1047 Sal became associate professor of bacteriology and head of the Virus Research Laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. There he began working on the pollo vaccine. Three uses caused polio, and a
Vaccine had to be effective against all of them. By 1952 Sakhad developed such a vaccine and conducted field tests on children. His findings were published in 1953, and a mass field test was done the next year
On April 12. 1055, the vacone was released for use in the United States. In 1957 Sok was named professor of experimental medicine at Pittsburgh and in 1003 he went to San Diego as head of the Institute (later named the Sal Institute)
for Biological Studies in 1977 Sak was warded the Presidential Medal of Freedom He died on June 23, 1995, in La Jolla, California
Answer the following question based on the Compton's Encyclopedia reading
Which choice best describes the biggest impact of Jonas Sak's work with poliomyelitis?
Jonas Salk became a professor of medicine and the head of the Institute for Biological Studies
Jonas Sak was celebrated for his work and awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Jonas Sekreted a vaccine that has nearly aluminated the disease in the United States and many other developed countries
Jonas Sa tested his vaccine on a large group of children and published his finding the following year
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