Yellow Fever Virus (Flaviviridae)

Ashley E Strother; Alan D.T. Barrett

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-814515-9.00003-5

Yellow Fever Virus (Flaviviridae)

Ashley E Strother, Alan D.T. Barrett

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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)
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	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-814515-9.00003-5
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

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Yellow Fever Virus (Flaviviridae)

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