Between Bacteriology and Virology: The Development of Typhus Vaccines Between the First and Second World Wars

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 17 (1):81 - 90 (1995)
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This paper provides an overview of the development of typhus vaccines between the first and second world wars. It is shown that there was a shift in the classification of the causal Rickettsiae from being classed as bacteria to being conceptualised as a type of virus. This 'paradigm switch' stimulated interest in the possibility of producing an effective medicine

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