What is the name of the virus that causes yellow fever?

It is caused by a single stranded RNA virus of the family flaviviridae. Transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito bite. Hope this helps!

Ghana is in the endemic yellow fever zone in Africa and they require a valid yellow fever certificate for all travellers. As you know the certificate only becomes valid 10 days following vaccinati...

Chikungunya is a relatively rare form of viral fever caused by an alphavirus that is spread by mosquito bites. Dengue is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a flavivirus. Dengue fever usually res...

Its a bit like malaria, effects the liver kidneys, blood vessels, internal bleeding nasty stuff to get, and you turn yellowish.

There are 200,000 estimated cases of yellow fever (with 30,000 deaths) per year. However, due to underreporting, only a small percentage of these cases are identified. Small numbers of imported cas...

In the acute phase of yellow fever someone may present with physical findings of slow heart rate, vomiting, fever, and red eyes. In the toxic phase someone may present with jaundice (yellow skin),...