Abstract
Yellow fever virus is a flavivirus that causes the disease yellow fever. The virus is found in tropical South America and sub-Saharan Africa, and is maintained in a primate-mosquito transmission cycle. The disease varies from a febrile illness to a lethal haemorrhagic fever. There is no antiviral treatment but there is a very effective live attenuated vaccine, strain 17D.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Virology |
Subtitle of host publication | Volume 1-5, Fourth Edition |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 891-898 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Volume | 1-5 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780128145166 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2020 |
Keywords
- Arbovirus
- Flavivirus
- Haemorrhagic fever
- Liver
- Max theiler
- Monkey
- Mosquito
- Vaccine
- Yellow fever
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Immunology and Microbiology