Medical Definition of Yellow fever virus
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A togavirus (Class IV) with an RNA genome responsible for the disease of the name whose symptoms include fever and haemorrhage.
Transmitted by the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Haemagogus. Only one antigenic type of the virus known and causes fatal hepatitis in many primates, including humans. This virus is endemic to areas of Africa, South America and the Carribean and has been a major epidemic threat.
(11 May 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Yellow Fever Virus
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