Prefilled syringe with vaccine SPf66, Colombia, 1993

Prefilled syringe in orange bubble packing, containing sample of synthetic peptide vaccine SPf66, developed by Dr. Manuel Elkin Patarroyo and collaborators as a synthetic vaccine for malaria, Bogota, Colombia, used in its first field trial outside Latin America in Tanzania, 1990-95.

Collection

Science Museum

Inventory Number

3089111

Title

Prefilled syringe with vaccine SPf66, Colombia, 1993

Object Type

PhysicalObject

Measurements

- overall: 20 mm x 105 mm x 33 mm, weight: 0.005kg