Yellow Fever Virus

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
YFV
Pronunciation
/ˈjɛloʊ ˈfivər ˈvaɪrəs/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Physiology

Examples in Context

  1. Scientists are persevering with conventional live attenuated vaccines, but also have chimeric candidates, including one that combines a yellow fever virus with several key dengue genes.
  2. The yellow fever virus is constantly present in mosquitos and non-human primates in some tropical areas of Africa and the Americas.
  3. Several different species of the Aedes and Haemogogus ( South America only ) mosquitos transmit the yellow fever virus.
  4. Immunogenicity and Antigenicity of Recombinant Yellow Fever Virus(YFV) Envelope Domain ⅲ as a Subunit Vaccine
  5. The yellow fever virus is an arbovirus of the flavivirus genus, and the mosquito is the primary vector.