Word: parainfluenzae
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Dates: during 1962-1962
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...Viruses & a Microbe. Since the commonest victims of acute respiratory disease-ARD in medical jargon-are children, the PHS's vaccine program will be tailored for them. The first vaccines will be made from ten viruses-respiratory syncytial virus (the most important), three types of parainfluenza virus, six of adenovirus-and one non-viral microbe, the "Eaton agent" (TIME, Nov. 10). Together, these microbes are estimated to cause 60% of ARD cases judged to be severe enough to send most children into hospitals...