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Line 1: [[File:Polio_vaccination_in_Sweden_1957.jpg|thumb| [[File:%27Serum_straight_from_the_horse%27.,_inoculation_caricature_Wellcome_L0009827.jpg|thumb|Vaccination as a deliberate attempt to protect [[humans]] against [[disease]] has a short [[history]] when measured against the thousands of [[years]] that humans have sought to rid themselves of [[w:Plagues|plagues]] and [[w:Pestilence|pestilence]]. Only in the [[w:20th century|20th century]] did the practice flower into the routine vaccination of large populations. Yet, despite its relative youth, the impact of vaccination on the health of the world's peoples is hard to exaggerate. ~ ''Plotkin's Vaccines'']] [[File:Londre_wellcome_institute_boilly_vaccinee.jpg|thumb|[[Modern]] [[w:Air travel|air travel]] has made [[w:Prophylactic|prophylactic]] vaccination more important than ever, because this mode of transportation has greatly facilitated the spread of contagious pathogens. ~ ''Primer to the Immune Response'']] |