RESUMO
The eradication of polio in Spain is one of the most important health milestones of the twentieth century, not only for public health but also for the effect it had on scientific knowledge in our country, in the medical field. Knowledge of international literature by our epidemiologists and virologists, was important, as reflected in the studies of outbreaks, virological studies and clinical studies. For public health represented, throughout the twentieth century, an effort geared to make decisions based on scientific knowledge. For epidemiology represented the application of new ways of working and, therefore, its modernization.
Assuntos
Surtos de Doenças , Poliomielite/epidemiologia , Pré-Escolar , Surtos de Doenças/história , Surtos de Doenças/prevenção & controle , Estudos Epidemiológicos , História do Século XVIII , História do Século XIX , História do Século XX , Humanos , Lactente , Poliomielite/história , Poliomielite/prevenção & controle , Saúde Pública/história , Espanha/epidemiologia , Vacinação/históriaRESUMO
La erradicación de la poliomielitis en España es uno de los hitos sanitarios más importantes del siglo XX, no solo para la salud pública sino también por el efecto que su conocimiento científico tuvo en en el ámbito médico de nuestro país. El conocimiento de la literatura internacional por nuestros epidemiólogos y virólogos fue importante, como reflejan los estudios de los brotes epidémicos, los estudios virológicos y, lógicamente, los estudios clínicos. Para la salud pública representó, a lo largo de todo el siglo XX, un esfuerzo orientado a tomar decisiones basadas en el conocimiento científico. Para la epidemiología representó la aplicación de nuevas formas de trabajo y, por tanto, su modernización (AU)
The eradication of polio in Spain is one of the most important health milestones of the twentieth century, not only for public health but also for the effect it had on scientific knowledge in our country, in the medical field. Knowledge of international literature by our epidemiologists and virologists, was important, as reflected in the studies of outbreaks, virological studies and clinical studies. For public health represented, throughout the twentieth century, an effort geared to make decisions based on scientific knowledge. For epidemiology represented the application of new ways of working and, therefore, its modernization (AU)
