Dr. Edward Jenner invented the first vaccine (the smallpox vaccine) in 1796. He discovered that people infected with cowpox were immune to smallpox and proceeded to test his discovery by inoculating ...

Emil C Reisinger is a Full Professor of Medicine, Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine and Dean of Students Affairs at Rostock University ...

1,2 Ampicillin in high doses has also been shown to provide optimal single-drug therapy for meningitis caused by pneumococci, meningococci and influenza bacilli. 3 Large doses of penicillin G ...

Immunizing teenagers, the most prevalent carriers of meningococci, was important in generating herd immunity. MCC vaccination has had important consequences for meningococcal population biology ...