Stanley Plotkin papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/353
Overview
Stanley A. Plotkin, M.D., has authored and co-authored over 700 publications and developed the standard rubella vaccination which is used worldwide. He is the co-developer of the pentavalent rotavirus vaccine, and has worked extensively on the development and application of other vaccines including anthrax, oral polio, rabies, varicella, and cytomegalovirus. The collection houses reprints, correspondence, testimonies, and lab reports, pertaining to the controversy of the origin of HIV and its debated relation to the oral polio vaccine tested in the Belgian Congo in the late 1950s.
Dates
- 1956-1959, 1999-2003
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is fully restricted until the donor is deceased.
Extent
.6 Linear feet (1 document box and 1 half document box)
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Stanley Plotkin papers
- Author
- Chrissie Perella
- Date
- 21-22 April 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository
Contact:
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
215-399-2001
library@collegeofphysicians.org
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
215-399-2001
library@collegeofphysicians.org
