Ka haere Salk i runga i te reo irirangi CBS ki te pūrongo i te whakamātautau angitu i runga i te rōpū iti o ngā pakeke, me ngā tamariki i runga i 26 Maehe 1953; e rua nga ra i muri mai, i whakaputaina nga hua i roto i JAMA. tīmata 23 Hui-tanguru 1954, i whakamatauria te kano i Arsenal Elementary School me te Watson Home mo tamariki i roto i Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. whakamahia te kano ārai mate o Salk i muri i roto i te whakamātautau i huaina te Francis Field Trial, arahina e Thomas Francis, te whakamātautau hauora nui rawa i roto i te hītori i taua wa. tīmata te whakamātautau ki e pā ana ki 4,000 tamariki i Franklin Sherman Elementary i McLean, Virginia, me te mutunga 1.8 miriona tamariki whai wāhi i roto i 44 ngā kāwanatanga katoa i Maine ki California.
1.8 miriona ngā tamariki