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  1. Abstract. After failed attempts at producing bacteria-based vaccines, the discovery of a viral agent causing yellow fever and its isolation in monkeys opened new avenues of research. Subsequent advances were the attenuation of the virus in mice and later in tissue culture; the creation of the seed lot system to avoid spontaneous mutations; the ...

    • Frierson Jg
    • 2010
  2. 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
  3. Scientists who conducted this trial found that some of the vaccine’s recipients developed complications such as serum sickness, rash, and jaundice; these complications were attributed to reaction to anti–yellow fever serum. 7 George Marshall Findlay and his colleagues from the Wellcome Foundation’s virology laboratory in London, who also ...

    • Ilana Löwy
    • 2021
  4. Nov 18, 2022 · Overview . The Country List is a compilation of key information to facilitate international travel. The information provided for each country includes vaccination requirements for international travellers as provided by States Parties to the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR), as well as WHO recommendations for vaccination against yellow fever, poliomielytis, and malaria prophylaxis.

  5. Download (PPT) The 1951 Nobel Prize for medicine or physiology was awarded to South African physician and microbiologist Max Theiler for his discoveries concerning yellow fever and its treatment. His work not only resulted in the development of a vaccine against yellow fever but also showed how vaccines could be developed against other diseases.

    • Marc A. Shampo, Robert A. Kyle
    • 2003
  6. Nov 8, 2023 · Yellow fever is a viral disease that is transmitted to humans by the bites of infected mosquitoes. It is prone to epidemics and is preventable with a vaccine. These day-biting mosquitoes breed around houses (domestic), in forests or jungles (wild), or in both habitats (semi-domestic).

  7. The yellow fever vaccine is safe and affordable, providing effective immunity against yellow fever within 7-10 days for 95% of those vaccinated. A single dose of yellow fever vaccine is sufficient to confer sustained immunity and life-long protection against yellow fever disease and a booster dose of yellow fever vaccine is not needed.

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