A na-eji ọgwụ mgbochi ọrịa polio nke mbụ dị irè eme ihe na 1952 site n'aka Jonas Salk na otu ìgwè na Mahadum Pittsburgh nke gụnyere Julius Youngner, Byron Bennett, L. James Lewis, na Lorraine Friedman, nke chọrọ ọtụtụ afọ nke ule ndị ọzọ. Salk gara na redio CBS iji kọọ ule na-aga nke ọma na obere ìgwè nke ndị okenye na ụmụaka na 26 March 1953; ụbọchị abụọ mgbe e mesịrị, e bipụtara nsonaazụ ya na JAMA. Malite na 23 February 1954, a nwalere ọgwụ mgbochi ahụ na Arsenal Elementary School na Watson Home for Children na Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A na-eji ọgwụ mgbochi Salk mee ihe n'ule a na-akpọ Francis Field Trial, nke Thomas Francis duziri, bụ nnwale ahụike kachasị ukwuu na akụkọ ihe mere eme n'oge ahụ. Nnwale ahụ malitere na ụmụaka 4,000 na Franklin Sherman Elementary na McLean, Virginia, na n'ikpeazụ ụmụaka 1.8 nde, gụnyere na steeti 44 site na Maine na California.
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