The standard protective dose is almost 14,000 units, but even 500 units raises antibody levels sufficiently to do the job.

"We just need to know it works within our operations." Officials deploy X-rays to target pesky and dangerous insects: 'We ...

URBAN outbreaks of yellow fever are brought to an end either by the eradication of the mosquito vector, Aëdes (Stegomyia) aegypti, or by the immunization of a high percentage of the human population.

Three species of mosquito are of particular concern in Europe, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and ...

Yellow fever is a mosquito-borne viral zoonotic illness that is endemic in Africa and South America. 1 Yellow fever outbreaks are most commonly reported in Africa, where more than 100,000 severe ...

Yellow fever is caused by a virus that is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected mosquitoes. The virus is a flavivirus, which is the same group of viruses that cause dengue ...

Infectious disease specialist Jesús Feris Iglesias believes that the Dominican Republic does not have the conditions for an outbreak of yellow fever at some point. It has neither jungle nor monkeys, ...