Mushonga wokutanga wakabudirira wepolio wakagadzirwa muna 1952 naJonas Salk nechikwata chepaUniversity of Pittsburgh chaisanganisira Julius Youngner, Byron Bennett, L. James Lewis, naLorraine Friedman, izvo zvaida makore ekuedzwa. Salk akaenda kunhepfenyuro yeCBS kunotaura nezvekuedzwa kwakabudirira paboka diki revakuru nevana musi wa26 Kurume 1953; mazuva maviri gare gare, mhedzisiro yacho yakaburitswa muJAMA. Kutanga 23 Kukadzi 1954, mushonga wakaedzwa paArsenal Elementary School neWatson Home yeVana muPittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mushonga waSalk wakashandiswa muedzo unonzi Francis Field Trial, wakatungamirwa naThomas Francis, chiitiko chikuru chekurapa munhoroondo panguva iyoyo. Muedzo uyu wakatanga nevana vangangosvika zviuru zvina paFranklin Sherman Elementary muMcLean, Virginia, uye pakupedzisira vana mamirioni 1.8 vakabatanidzwa, kubva ku44 nyika kuenda kuMaine. Pakupedzisira, pakupedzisira, pakupedzisira, pakupedzisira, pakazoonekwa vana vangangoita zviuru mazana mana nemakumi mana nemakumi
Vana vane mamiriyoni 1,8