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Aedes aegypti mosquitoes from Guadeloupe (French West Indies) are able to transmit yellow fever virus. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 The recent yellow fever epidemic in Brazil has raised the concern of outbreaks in neighboring countries, particularly in the Caribbean region where the vector Aedes aegypti is predominant.
Pei-Shi Yen +3 more
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Continuous Circulation of Yellow Fever among Rural Populations in the Central African Republic
Viruses, 2022 Yellow fever remains a public-health threat in remote regions of Africa. Here, we report the identification and genetic characterisation of one yellow-fever case observed during the investigation of a cluster of nine suspected haemorrhagic fever cases in
Huguette SIMO TCHETGNA +9 more
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Yellow fever in Africa and the Americas: a historical and epidemiological perspective
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2018 Yellow fever was transported during the slave trade in the 15th and 16th centuries from Africa to the Americas where the virus encountered favorable ecological conditions that allowed creation of a sustainable sylvatic cycle.
Jean-Philippe Chippaux, Alain Chippaux
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Incubation Periods of Yellow Fever Virus [PDF]
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2010 Yellow fever virus is a global health threat due to its endemicity in parts of Africa and South America where human infections occur in residents and travelers. To understand yellow fever dynamics, it is critical to characterize the incubation periods of the virus in vector mosquitoes and humans.
Michael A, Johansson +3 more
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Yellow Fever Outbreak, Southern Sudan, 2003
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004 In May 2003, an outbreak of fatal hemorrhagic fever, caused by yellow fever virus, occurred in southern Sudan. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the virus belonged to the East African genotype, which supports the contention that yellow fever is endemic ...
Clayton O. Onyango +6 more
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Unilateral acute idiopathic maculopathy secondary to yellow fever disease: a case report
American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2019 Purpose: To report a case of unilateral acute idiopathic maculopathy (UAIM) associated with yellow fever. Observations: A 59-year-old man presented with acute blurring of his vision 30 days after symptoms of yellow fever virus infection.
Rodrigo Crispim Dompieri +5 more
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2023 The Zika virus (ZIKV) is teratogenic and considered a TORCH pathogen (toxoplasmosis [Toxoplasma gondii], rubella, cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex virus [HSV], and other microorganisms capable of crossing the blood-placenta barrier).
Mercedes Viettri +8 more
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Wild-Type Yellow Fever Virus RNA in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Child
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019 We report a 3-year-old child who was hospitalized because of severe manifestations of the central nervous system. The child died after 6 days of hospitalization.
Paula E.S. Marinho +11 more
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Wild-type Yellow fever virus in cerebrospinal fluid from fatal cases in Brazil, 2018
Frontiers in Virology, 2022 Yellow fever virus (YFV) is the causative agent of yellow fever (YF), a hemorrhagic and viscerotropic acute disease. Severe YF has been described in approximately 15-25% of YF patients, with 20-50% of severe YF cases being fatal.
Izabela Mauricio de Rezende +19 more
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The thermal stability of yellow fever vaccines
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1990 The assessment of yellow fever vaccine thermostability both in lyophilized form and after reconstitution were analyzed. Two commercial yellow fever vaccines were assayed for their thermal stability. Vaccines were exposed to test temperatures in the range
Ricardo Ishak, Colin R. Howard
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