Historia de las vacunas y sueroterapia

  1. San Miguel-Hernández, Ángel
  2. Ramos-Sánchez, María Carmen
Journal:
Gaceta médica de Bilbao: Revista oficial de la Academia de Ciencias Médicas de Bilbao. Información para profesionales sanitarios

ISSN: 0304-4858 2173-2302

Year of publication: 2013

Volume: 110

Issue: 3

Type: Article

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Abstract

Vaccines and serum therapy sometimes seem to constitute an element of preventive medicine that has always been part of our lives. However, a historical perspective shows that these elements only came into existence two centuries ago. The present article provides a short review of the history of vaccines and serum therapy.