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Max Theiler (30 January 1899 – 11 August 1972) was a South African-American virologist and physician. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1951 for developing a vaccine against yellow fever in 1937, becoming the first African-born Nobel laureate.
- South Africa, American
- Virology
Biographical. Max Theiler was born on January 30, 1899, in Pretoria, South Africa, one of the four children of Sir Arnold and Emma ( née Jegge) Theiler. His father was a well-known veterinary scientist. He attended local schools except for one year in Basle, Switzerland (his father was of Swiss origin), then went on to Rhodes University ...
Apr 11, 2024 · Max Theiler (born January 30, 1899, Pretoria, South Africa—died August 11, 1972, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.) was a South African-born American microbiologist who won the 1951 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his development of a vaccine against yellow fever.
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Max Theiler (1899–1972): Creator of the yellow fever vaccine. Yellow fever is a tropical disease that was once a major cause of gastrointestinal bleeding, liver failure and death for both civilians and soldiers in the Americas. Credit for conquering the disease goes to Cuban epidemiologist Carlos Finlay and United States (US) army surgeon ...
- Siang Yong Tan, Kate Pettigrew
- 2017
Nov 11, 2007 · Abstract. In 1951, Max Theiler of the Rockefeller Foundation received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of an effective vaccine against yellow fever—a discovery first reported in the JEM 70 years ago. This was the first, and so far the only, Nobel Prize given for the development of a virus vaccine.
- Erling Norrby
- 2007
Max Theiler succeeded in transmitting the virus to mice, which paved the way for more in-depth research. When the virus was transmitted between mice, a weakened form of the virus was obtained that could make apes immune. In 1937 Theiler succeeded in obtaining an even weaker variant of the virus. This variant, 17D, came to be used as a human ...
Classical urban yellow fever, transmitted by the common yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, can be readily controlled by antimosquito measures. Jungle yellow fever, on the other hand, occurs in the country districts, sometimes in vast epidemics, and in the absence of Aedes aegypti. The only rational method of protection of the exposed ...
