South African-born virologist Max Theiler developed the 17D live attenuated vaccine at the Rockefeller Foundation in New York, earning the 1951 Nobel Prize. A single dose provides lifelong immunity, and the vaccine has been critical in controlling outbreaks across Africa and South America for nearly 90 years.
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