When he was chief of the Department of Respiratory Diseases with whats now the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, he discovered the genetic changes that occur when the influenza virus mutates, known as shift and drift. He was also one of the early vaccine pioneers to warn about the possibility that simian viruses might contaminate vaccines.So Dr. Hilleman knew what he was talking about. And in his own words, vaccines have to be considered the bargain basement technology for the 20th Century.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 19:45:23 +0000
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