List of Important Vaccines and their Inventors(PDF)

Vaccines and their Inventors(PDF): Given below is the detailed list of important vaccines and their inventors with their respective country and year of invention of the vaccine. This list of important vaccines and their inventors is very helpful for students and aspirants who are preparing for different competitive exams like SSC CGL, CHSL, CPO, MTS, CDS, Banking Exams, UPSC, State PCS exams etc. These are the most important vaccines that are developed by different individuals and institutions that are asked repeatedly in most of the exams in India. Given below is the list of important vaccines and their inventors pdf.

List of Important Vaccines and Their Inventors PDF

VaccineDeveloped byCountryYear
CovishieldSerum Institute of IndiaIndia2021
COVAXINBharat Biotech and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) – National Institute of Virology (NIV)India2021
Small PoxEdward JennerEngland1796
CholeraLouis PasteurFrance1880
Diphtheria and TetanusEmail Adolf Von Behring and Shibasaburo KitasatoGermany/Japan1891
Rubella virusrubella and CRSGermany1740
TB VaccineAlbert Calmette and Camille GuerinFrance1922
Polio VaccineJones E. SalkUS1952
RotavirusRotarix by GlaxoSmithKline2009
Oral Polio VaccineAlbert Bruce SabinUS1955
Measles VaccineJohn F. Enders, Thomas peebleUS1953
Rabies VaccineLouis PasteurFrance1885
Typhus VaccineCharles NicolleFrance1909
Pneumococcal PneumoniaWilliam OslerUS1977
Typhoid FeverAlmroth Edward Wright–––1880
Meningococcal meningitisVieusseux–––1806
TuberculosisAlbert Calmette and Camille Guerin–––1906
Epiglottitis, meningitis, pneumoniaDavid Smith––––––
Q FeverH.R. Cox and Gordon DavisUSA1937
Whooping CoughJules Bordet and Octave GengouFranceMore than 100 years ago
AnthraxLouis PasteurFrance1881
LeprosyGuy Henry FagetSweden1873
Hepatitis ASteven M. FeinstoneUS1973
Hepatitis BDr. Blumberg wonUS1969
Hepatitis E­­­­–––Inidia1978
Cervical cancer, Genital warts, anogenital cancersIan FrazerUS2006
InfluenzaJonas Salk & Thomas FrancisUS1933
MumpsMaurice Hilleman–––1969
PoliomyelitisDr. Jonas SalkUS1952
Chicken pox, ShinglesMichiaki Takahashi–––1972
Yellow FeverMax TheilerUSA1930
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