The second "toxic" phase begins one or two days later, as the virus attacks the internal organs such as the kidneys and liver. Victims become jaundiced and yellowed, hence the name yellow fever.

Complex Pandemic Accord negotiations have been underway since 2021, with 13 formal meetings and numerous informal sessions.

A Harvard scientist, Max Thieler, showed in 1930 that mice were susceptible to the yellow fever virus. Using mouse and chick embryos, Thieler later developed the most effective vaccine against ...

The engineered virus simply sticks around long enough to make the proteins needed to induce ... to a live attenuated virus derived from the yellow fever virus. In a small clinical study of human ...

Scientists are currently studying vaccines in which dengue viral genes have been genetically engineered into either a live attenuated vaccine for yellow fever or an attenuated dengue virus from a ...

Discover how a structural breakthrough in the chikungunya virus is opening new avenues for antiviral drug development and ...

Dengue fever is a viral infection transmitted by the Aedes ... The aedes aegypti mosquito, called the "Yellow Fever mosquito," is known for spreading illnesses like its namesake and dengue fever.

The Zika virus builds tiny tunnels ... which includes West Nile, dengue and yellow fever viruses, and is typically transmitted by vectors, or living organisms that carry the pathogen and infect ...

After approximately half a century of epidemiological silence, the yellow fever virus was detected again in 2000, in the state of São Paulo. Since its reintroduction, four outbreaks have been ...

A vaccine candidate against Lassa virus completely protected guinea pigs exposed to an otherwise lethal dose of the virus, researchers from Texas Biomedical Research Institute (Texas Biomed), The ...