Fluogen - Influenza Virus Vaccine, Bivalent (Immunizing Antigen, Ether Extracted) - 10 Steri-Dose Syringes
Fluogen - Influenza Virus Vaccine, Bivalent (Immunizing Antigen, Ether Extracted) - 10 Steri-Dose Syringes
- Description (Brief)
- This specimen reflects the emergence of the H3N2 strain which caused the Hong Kong Flu pandemic of 1968-69 (34,000 deaths in US). It also has been formulated specifically for the 1972-73 flu season. The practice of annual reformulation continues today with implications about the limits of the efficacy of flu vaccines and their profitability of manufacture. Note that Thimersol is still used as the preservative.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- biological
- vaccine, influenza
- date made
- ca 1974
- expiration date
- 1974-02-01
- maker
- Parke, Davis and Company
- place made
- United States: Michigan, Detroit
- Measurements
- overall: 3.5 cm x 15 cm x 9.7 cm; 1 3/8 in x 5 7/8 in x 3 13/16 in
- overall: 3 7/8 in x 6 in x 1 3/8 in; 9.8425 cm x 15.24 cm x 3.4925 cm
- ID Number
- 1982.0043.013
- accession number
- 1982.0043
- catalog number
- 1982.0043.013
- Credit Line
- Gift of Warner-Lambert Company
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- The Antibody Initiative
- Health & Medicine
- Antibody Initiative: Influenza
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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