El significado histórico de las encuestas de seroprevalencia como tecnología de laboratorio aplicada a las campañas de inmunización. El caso de la poliomielitis en España

Rosa Ballester; María-Isabel Porras

doi:10.3989/asclepio.2009.v61.i1.272

The historical meaning of serological surveys as a laboratory technology applied to the inmunization campaigns. The case of poliomyelitis in Spain

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Rosa Ballester Universidad Miguel Hernández
María-Isabel Porras Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/asclepio.2009.v61.i1.272

Keywords:

Poliomyelitis, Serological surveys, Vaccination campaigns, Epidemiology, Spain, XXth Century

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to analyse the introduction, use and diffusion of the serological surveys, a public health technology on the borderline between epidemiology and laboratory, in connection with poliomyelitis in Spain during the Francoism period. Within the framework of the «new history » of medical technologies and innovations, the serological surveys played an important role both in the improvement of knowledge on socio-demographic distribution and the health politics arena.

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2009-06-30

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Ballester, R., & Porras, M.-I. (2009). The historical meaning of serological surveys as a laboratory technology applied to the inmunization campaigns. The case of poliomyelitis in Spain. Asclepio, 61(1), 55–80. https://doi.org/10.3989/asclepio.2009.v61.i1.272

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Vol. 61 No. 1 (2009)

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Dossier

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