The second "toxic" phase begins one or two days later, as the virus attacks the internal organs such as the kidneys and liver. Victims become jaundiced and yellowed, hence the name yellow fever.

Yellow fever appeared in the U.S. in the late 17th century. The deadly virus continued to strike cities, mostly eastern seaports and Gulf Coast cities, for the next two hundred years, killing ...

Scientists are currently studying vaccines in which dengue viral genes have been genetically engineered into either a live attenuated vaccine for yellow fever ... the viral RNA genome so that ...

The new work shows that related viruses, including dengue virus and yellow fever virus, also use ANKLE2 for the same purpose. The discovery could open the way to new strategies to develop vaccines ...

The new work found that related viruses, including dengue virus and yellow fever virus ... mediated ER remodeling to accelerate and conceal genome replication.” Fishburn added, “We believe ...

On Monday, Louisiana health officials announced that a person hospitalized last month with a severe case of avian influenza — ...

Other live-attenuated vaccines already in use include those for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), smallpox, chickenpox and yellow fever ... virus by tweaking both sections of its genome, which ...

Dengue Virus Genome and Structure The dengue virus genome ... Chakraborty, T. Dengue Fever and Other Hemorrhagic Viruses. New York: Chelsea House, 2008. Halstead, S. B. Dengue hemorrhagic fever ...