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

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 ...

Michel Nieva, the author of the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, Dengue Boy, on his story of a drowned, ...

According to the virologist, the entire Mediterranean basin is "highly exposed" to mosquito-borne viruses. One species alone is capable of transmitting yellow fever, Zika, and Chikungunya, making it a ...

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, ...