Advanced Techniques in Biology & Medicine
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Merita Kucuku

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• Annual Meeting Abstract
  The Safety of Yellow Fever Vaccines, International Experience for different Cases
  Author(s): Merita KucukuMerita Kucuku
  
  Yellow fever virus is from family flaviviridae and is endemic in African countries and Latin America. Over 900 million people are living in endemic area and are risked from infection of yellow fever. Illness ranges in severity from a self-limited febrile illness to severe liver disease with bleeding and is diagnosed based on symptoms, physical findings, and laboratory testing and travel history, including the possibility of exposure to infected mosquitoes. There is no specific treatment for yellow fever; care is based on symptoms. The steps necessary to prevent yellow fever virus infection include using insect repellent, wearing protective clothing and getting vaccinated. Yellow fever vaccine is recommended for endemic countries and over 500 million people are vaccinated with yellow fever vaccine 17D. The countries which are not endemic are recommended according to International Healt.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2379-1764.1000204

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