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Yellow fever(YF)

MedGen UID:
53112
•Concept ID:
C0043395
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: YF
SNOMED CT: YF - Yellow fever (16541001); Yellow fever (16541001)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0020502
Orphanet: ORPHA99829

Definition

Yellow fever (YF), caused by YF virus, is a zoonotic disease characterized by fever and constitutional symptoms, with the potential to progress to severe and fatal viral hemorrhagic fever with shock and multi-organ system failure. [from ORDO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVYellow fever
Follow this link to review classifications for Yellow fever in Orphanet.

Professional guidelines

PubMed

An immunologist's guide to immunosenescence and its treatment.
Caruso C, Ligotti ME, Accardi G, Aiello A, Candore G
Expert Rev Clin Immunol 2022 Sep;18(9):961-981. doi: 10.1080/1744666X.2022.2106217. PMID: 35876758
Lassa Fever: Epidemiology, Clinical Features, Diagnosis, Management and Prevention.
Asogun DA, Günther S, Akpede GO, Ihekweazu C, Zumla A
Infect Dis Clin North Am 2019 Dec;33(4):933-951. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2019.08.002. PMID: 31668199
Treatment of yellow fever.
Monath TP
Antiviral Res 2008 Apr;78(1):116-24. Epub 2007 Nov 20 doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2007.10.009. PMID: 18061688

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Yellow Fever: A Perennial Threat.
Tuells J, Henao-Martínez AF, Franco-Paredes C
Arch Med Res 2022 Nov;53(7):649-657. Epub 2022 Oct 28 doi: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2022.10.005. PMID: 36404585
Travel vaccines throughout history.
Pavli A, Maltezou HC
Travel Med Infect Dis 2022 Mar-Apr;46:102278. Epub 2022 Feb 12 doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102278. PMID: 35167951Free PMC Article
Mosquito-Borne Diseases.
Lee H, Halverson S, Ezinwa N
Prim Care 2018 Sep;45(3):393-407. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2018.05.001. PMID: 30115330
Yellow Fever Virus: Knowledge Gaps Impeding the Fight Against an Old Foe.
Douam F, Ploss A
Trends Microbiol 2018 Nov;26(11):913-928. Epub 2018 Jun 19 doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2018.05.012. PMID: 29933925Free PMC Article
Yellow fever outbreak in Brazil, 2017.
Goldani LZ
Braz J Infect Dis 2017 Mar-Apr;21(2):123-124. doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2017.02.004. PMID: 28336123Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Dengue vaccine development: status and future.
Wilder-Smith A
Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 2020 Jan;63(1):40-44. doi: 10.1007/s00103-019-03060-3. PMID: 31784763Free PMC Article
Lassa Fever: Epidemiology, Clinical Features, Diagnosis, Management and Prevention.
Asogun DA, Günther S, Akpede GO, Ihekweazu C, Zumla A
Infect Dis Clin North Am 2019 Dec;33(4):933-951. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2019.08.002. PMID: 31668199
Emerging Infectious Diseases.
McArthur DB
Nurs Clin North Am 2019 Jun;54(2):297-311. Epub 2019 Mar 27 doi: 10.1016/j.cnur.2019.02.006. PMID: 31027668Free PMC Article
Mosquito-Borne Diseases.
Lee H, Halverson S, Ezinwa N
Prim Care 2018 Sep;45(3):393-407. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2018.05.001. PMID: 30115330
Yellow fever.
Litvoc MN, Novaes CTG, Lopes MIBF
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992) 2018 Feb;64(2):106-113. doi: 10.1590/1806-9282.64.02.106. PMID: 29641667

Therapy

Cardiovascular disease and yellow fever.
Gualandro DM, Bellei N, Oliveira MT Jr, Montenegro S
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992) 2018 Jan;64(1):1-2. doi: 10.1590/1806-9282.64.01.1. PMID: 29561932
BCG Vaccination Protects against Experimental Viral Infection in Humans through the Induction of Cytokines Associated with Trained Immunity.
Arts RJW, Moorlag SJCFM, Novakovic B, Li Y, Wang SY, Oosting M, Kumar V, Xavier RJ, Wijmenga C, Joosten LAB, Reusken CBEM, Benn CS, Aaby P, Koopmans MP, Stunnenberg HG, van Crevel R, Netea MG
Cell Host Microbe 2018 Jan 10;23(1):89-100.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2017.12.010. PMID: 29324233
Yellow fever.
Bacha HA, Johanson GH
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992) 2017 Apr;63(4):291-292. doi: 10.1590/1806-9282.63.04.291. PMID: 28614526
Interventions for prevention of herpes simplex labialis (cold sores on the lips).
Chi CC, Wang SH, Delamere FM, Wojnarowska F, Peters MC, Kanjirath PP
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Aug 7;2015(8):CD010095. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010095.pub2. PMID: 26252373Free PMC Article
Live attenuated vaccines: Historical successes and current challenges.
Minor PD
Virology 2015 May;479-480:379-92. Epub 2015 Apr 8 doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2015.03.032. PMID: 25864107

Prognosis

Travel vaccines-priorities determined by incidence and impact.
Steffen R, Chen LH, Leggat PA
J Travel Med 2023 Nov 18;30(7) doi: 10.1093/jtm/taad085. PMID: 37341307
Travel vaccines throughout history.
Pavli A, Maltezou HC
Travel Med Infect Dis 2022 Mar-Apr;46:102278. Epub 2022 Feb 12 doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102278. PMID: 35167951Free PMC Article
Past and future spread of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus.
Kraemer MUG, Reiner RC Jr, Brady OJ, Messina JP, Gilbert M, Pigott DM, Yi D, Johnson K, Earl L, Marczak LB, Shirude S, Davis Weaver N, Bisanzio D, Perkins TA, Lai S, Lu X, Jones P, Coelho GE, Carvalho RG, Van Bortel W, Marsboom C, Hendrickx G, Schaffner F, Moore CG, Nax HH, Bengtsson L, Wetter E, Tatem AJ, Brownstein JS, Smith DL, Lambrechts L, Cauchemez S, Linard C, Faria NR, Pybus OG, Scott TW, Liu Q, Yu H, Wint GRW, Hay SI, Golding N
Nat Microbiol 2019 May;4(5):854-863. Epub 2019 Mar 4 doi: 10.1038/s41564-019-0376-y. PMID: 30833735Free PMC Article
T-cell exhaustion, co-stimulation and clinical outcome in autoimmunity and infection.
McKinney EF, Lee JC, Jayne DR, Lyons PA, Smith KG
Nature 2015 Jul 30;523(7562):612-6. Epub 2015 Jun 29 doi: 10.1038/nature14468. PMID: 26123020Free PMC Article
Yellow fever.
Monath TP, Vasconcelos PF
J Clin Virol 2015 Mar;64:160-73. Epub 2014 Oct 24 doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2014.08.030. PMID: 25453327

Clinical prediction guides

Generating prophylactic immunity against arboviruses in vertebrates and invertebrates.
Rawle DJ, Hugo LE, Cox AL, Devine GJ, Suhrbier A
Nat Rev Immunol 2024 Sep;24(9):621-636. Epub 2024 Apr 3 doi: 10.1038/s41577-024-01016-6. PMID: 38570719
Understanding yellow fever-associated myocardial injury: an autopsy study.
Giugni FR, Aiello VD, Faria CS, Pour SZ, Cunha MDP, Giugni MV, Pinesi HT, Ledesma FL, Morais CE, Ho YL, Sztajnbok J, de Morais Fernezlian S, Ferraz da Silva LF, Mauad T, Ferreira Alves VA, Hilário do Nascimento Saldiva P, Antonangelo L, Dolhnikoff M, Duarte-Neto AN
EBioMedicine 2023 Oct;96:104810. Epub 2023 Sep 25 doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104810. PMID: 37757571Free PMC Article
Dengue vaccine: an update.
Huang CH, Tsai YT, Wang SF, Wang WH, Chen YH
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2021 Dec;19(12):1495-1502. Epub 2021 Jul 13 doi: 10.1080/14787210.2021.1949983. PMID: 34182875
Aedes aegypti vector competence studies: A review.
Souza-Neto JA, Powell JR, Bonizzoni M
Infect Genet Evol 2019 Jan;67:191-209. Epub 2018 Nov 19 doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2018.11.009. PMID: 30465912Free PMC Article
Tropical viruses approaching Europe.
Schmidt-Chanasit J, Tiedke J
Med Monatsschr Pharm 2017 Apr;40(4):151-3. PMID: 29952163

Recent systematic reviews

Long-term immunity following yellow fever vaccination: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Schnyder JL, de Jong HK, Bache BE, Schaumburg F, Grobusch MP
Lancet Glob Health 2024 Mar;12(3):e445-e456. Epub 2024 Jan 22 doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00556-9. PMID: 38272044
Hepatic damage caused by flaviviruses: A systematic review.
Pinheiro BSS, Rodrigues JG, Dias FCR, de Oliveira Gomes A, de Lucca Moreira Gomes M
Life Sci 2023 Oct 15;331:122074. Epub 2023 Sep 6 doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2023.122074. PMID: 37683724
The Others: A Systematic Review of the Lesser-Known Arboviruses of the Insular Caribbean.
Ali I, Alarcόn-Elbal PM, Mundle M, Noble SAA, Oura CAL, Anzinger JJ, Sandiford SL
Viruses 2023 Mar 25;15(4) doi: 10.3390/v15040843. PMID: 37112824Free PMC Article
Yellow fever vaccine safety in immunocompromised individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Wigg de Araújo Lagos L, de Jesus Lopes de Abreu A, Caetano R, Braga JU
J Travel Med 2023 Apr 5;30(2) doi: 10.1093/jtm/taac095. PMID: 35947986
Interventions for prevention of herpes simplex labialis (cold sores on the lips).
Chi CC, Wang SH, Delamere FM, Wojnarowska F, Peters MC, Kanjirath PP
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Aug 7;2015(8):CD010095. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010095.pub2. PMID: 26252373Free PMC Article

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