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Whose vaccine was the first major breakthrough against yellow fever?
Quick Answer
Max Theiler developed the yellow fever vaccine in 1937. He later won the 1951 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for this achievement.
The Full Story
Max Theiler created a live attenuated yellow fever vaccine called 17D, first introduced in 1937. Yellow fever had long been a severe mosquito-borne disease in tropical regions, and Theiler’s vaccine transformed prevention. His work was recognized with the Nobel Prize in 1951, making him the only Nobel laureate to be honored for work on a viral disease vaccine of this kind. The vaccine remains central to yellow fever control today.
Key Facts
1.1937: vaccine introduced
2.1951: Nobel Prize awarded to Max Theiler
3.Yellow fever is spread by mosquitoes
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