Dengue and Yellow Fever — Challenges for the Development and Use of Vaccines

We currently have no vaccines to prevent dengue and there have been substantial recent problems with the yellow fever vaccine. Dr. Thomas Monath discusses the challenges in developing vaccines against these insect-borne viruses. Dr. Thomas Monath discusses the global threat represented by dengue and yellow fever and the challenges faced in the development and use of vaccines against them. Dr. Monath, an adjunct professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, spent many years studying, and developing vaccines against, dengue and yellow fever.