Stanley Plotkin joins TWiV to recount his career as a vaccinologist, having participated in the development of vaccines for polio, rabies, and rubella, and his thoughts on the current anti-science, anti-public health, and anti-vaccine climate.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

Guest: Stanley A. Plotkin

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Stanley Plotkin (History of Vaccines)
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Path to eradication of rubella (Vaccine)
Status of cytomegalovirus vaccine (J Inf Dis)
Human diploid cell vaccines (Dev Biol Stand)
IPV an essential part of polio eradication (Clin Inf Dis)
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