Expansion of dengue virus, West Nile virus, and Kyasanur forest virus to the northern hemisphere, as well as the emergnce of new viruses (e.g., such as BYDV, Sitiawan virus [27], and Bagaza virus [18]-RRB- and re-emergence
of yellow fever virus and Japanese encephalitis virus, all indicate that flaviviruses can not be neglected.
This would be expected to be feasible given the success
of yellow fever virus across all varieties of that disease, so this prediction urgently needs to be confirmed for Zika.
In the EU / EEA, the risk
of yellow fever virus being introduced is limited to unvaccinated viraemic travellers coming from areas with active local transmission.
«A large urban outbreak
of yellow fever virus in a tropical megacity is a terrifying prospect,» said Ebel.
Not exact matches
Yellow Fever is a mosquito - borne
virus transmitted to humans through the bite
of an infected mosquito.
«A novel «chimeric» vaccine for dengue has been created by adding parts
of the
virus to a
yellow fever vaccine»
This is the first structure
of any helicase bound to ATP from flaviviruses, a group including other well - known pathogens such as dengue,
yellow fever, and West Nile
viruses.
But between 20 percent and 50 percent
of people who develop severe illness related to
yellow fever virus may die.
Furthermore, the defects observed are specific to an infection by ZIKV, as other neurotropical
viruses of the flavivirus family (West Nile
virus,
yellow fever,...) did not cause microcephaly, in contrast to Zika
virus.
In a recent test
of Asian tiger mosquitoes collected in Brazil, researchers found fragments
of Zika
virus RNA, raising concerns that it may be carried by species other than Zika's known primary vector, the
yellow fever mosquito.
The other factor that determines the incidence
of disease is the presence
of pathogens, such as dengue, Zika or
yellow fever virus.
The two
viruses come from the same family as several other mosquito - borne pathogens so the lab test may have detected the antibodies — possible holdovers from a
yellow fever vaccination or earlier infections — and then falsely indicated he had those maladies instead
of one
of their viral cousins.
Dr. Kevin Myles, Glady «Hazitha» Samuel and Dr. Zach Adelman are Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists at Texas A&M University, College Station, who published «
Yellow fever virus capsid protein is a potent suppressor
of RNA silencing that binds double - stranded RNA.»
Killing monkeys ends up harming humans as well, says Jùlio Bicca - Marques, a primatologist at the Pontifical Catholic University
of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil: «The death
of monkeys from
yellow fever is the first warning that the
virus is circulating.»
Jingmenviruses were first described in 2014 and are related to flaviviruses — a large family
of viruses that includes human pathogens such as
yellow fever, West Nile and Japanese encephalitis
viruses.
The AgriLife Research team found a protein that is produced by
yellow fever virus, as well as Zika
virus, West Nile
virus and dengue
virus, that suppresses the immune response
of the mosquito.
In their forthcoming paper in the Journal
of Medical Entomology, «Factors
of Concern Regarding Zika and Other Aedes aegypti - Transmitted
Viruses in the United States,» Max J. Moreno - Madriñán
of the Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis and independent research entomologist Michael Turell argue that a leading factor in outbreaks
of Zika,
yellow fever, dengue, and chikungunya — all transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito — is low socioeconomic conditions in developing countries.
Elegant, dainty, and deadly, it is the most common
of all blood - sucking arthropods and the most important insect carrier
of human disease, transmitting not only malaria but also
yellow fever, dengue, West Nile
virus, encephalitis, and the tiny worms that cause elephantiasis.
Yellow fever is caused by an arbovirus
of the family Flaviviridae, and is one
of the smallest RNA
viruses isolated.
By analyzing the affected animals, the scientists isolated an aggressive new flavivirus, a class
of viruses that includes
yellow and dengue
fevers — the first flavivirus ever identified in ducks.
Using assays developed at USAMRIID that detect the presence
of IgM, an early protein produced by the body to ward off infection, the research team found evidence
of dengue
fever, West Nile,
yellow fever, Rift Valley
fever, chikungunya, Ebola, and Marburg
viruses in the samples collected between 2006 and 2008.
Dengue, Zika, chikungunya and
yellow fever viruses are endemic in tropical and subtropical regions
of the world, placing 2.5 billion people at risk for infection.
According to new research in the journal PLOS ONE by scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and Panama's government research institute, INDICASAT, mosquitoes in the genus Aedes, which carry a group
of dangerous
viruses causing
yellow fever, chikungunya and Zika, invaded the crossroads
of the Americas multiple times, by land and by sea.
Six
of the monkeys had been infected with dengue and five with
yellow fever more than a year prior, and fourteen had never been infected with dengue,
yellow fever, or other related
viruses.
It's the first time scientists have seen such rearrangement in the core
of a flavivirus, the group that also includes the
viruses that cause dengue, West Nile and
yellow fever, says virologist Richard Kuhn
of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind..
* Update, 8 February, 3:26 p.m.: At a White House press conference today to discuss the budget request, Anthony Fauci, director
of the National Institute
of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Bethesda, Maryland, noted that NIH currently spends about $ 100 million per year on research into dengue,
yellow fever, and other closely related
viruses to Zika, which are all flaviviruses.
After studying the role
of this modification in hepatitis C
virus, the researchers generated N6 - methyladenosine maps
of several related
viruses, including dengue, West Nile,
yellow fever, and two strains
of Zika
virus.
Zika - positive and Zika - negative samples were included as well as samples that contained related
viruses that cause, for example, dengue
fever or
yellow fever, in order to test the specificity
of the results.
Though this study, appearing Oct. 20 in Cell Host Microbe, focused on the hepatitis C
virus, it also mapped the presence
of these tags in other members
of the same viral family, including Zika, dengue, West Nile and
yellow fever virus.
«Chemical tags affect ability
of RNA
viruses to infect cells: Similar controls found in Hepatitis, Zika, Dengue,
Yellow Fever.»
West Nile belongs to a group
of viruses called flaviviruses, which includes
yellow fever, dengue, and Japanese encephalitis.
Cases
of yellow fever, chikungunya and dengue
fever might rise as the ideal conditions for the mosquitoes that can carry the
viruses become more widespread
The mosquito - borne
virus — a relative
of the Zika and
yellow fever viruses — causes symptoms in just one out
of every five infected people.
PAHO / WHO has been working with member countries for a number
of years on vector control and in the coming weeks will convene experts from throughout the Americas to discuss new, more effective and integrated mosquito control strategies that would help reduce not only Zika infections but also cases
of dengue, chikungunya,
yellow fever, and West Nile
virus — all
of which are spread by mosquitoes and are significant public health problems in the Americas.
The
Virus Pathogen Resource (ViPR) is a US NIH / NIAID - funded, freely - available online bioinformatics resource for search, analysis and visualization
of data about 14 different families
of human pathogenic
viruses, including Coronaviridae (SARS, MERS), Flaviviridae (Dengue, Zika, West Nile,
Yellow fever, Hepatitis C), Picornaviridae (Polio, Enterovirus D68), Togaviridae (Chikungunya, EEEV, VEEV, Rubella), Arenaviridae (Lassa), Filoviridae (Ebola, Marburg), Herpesviridae (HSV, EBV, CMV), and Poxviridae (Smallpox).
Zika is a member
of the flavivirus family, which also includes
viruses such as Dengue
Fever and
Yellow Fever.
The specificity
of the rRT - PCR assay allows its use for differential diagnosis
of arboviral infections in Africa and Asia where ZIKV co-circulates with other arboviruses such as Dengue, Chikungunya and
yellow fever viruses [22].
In one
of the first molecular studies
of the human antibody response to
yellow fever, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers and their colleagues have found the crucial bit
of virus that...
Now, scientists from the Florida campus
of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have been awarded $ 2.3 million from the National Institutes
of Health to study a category
of viruses that cause dengue
fever, West Nile,
yellow fever and other diseases spread by mosquitoes and ticks.
Last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported one
of its largest emergency vaccination campaigns for the
yellow fever virus in Africa.
Malaria,
yellow fever, dengue
fever, West Nile
virus, and various types
of encephalitis are all carried by mosquitoes, and some
of the diseases they carry are literally strong enough to kill a horse.
The
viruses were one
of three types: the red
fever virus, the blue chill
virus, and the weird
yellow virus.
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Yellow fever.
arbovirus any
of various
viruses transmitted by arthropods and including the causative agents
of dengue
fever,
yellow fever, and some encephalitis
The extrinsic incubation period
of dengue and
yellow fever viruses also is dependent on temperature.
Arbovirus - Any
of various
viruses transmitted by blood - sucking arthropods (e.g., mosquitoes, ticks, etc.) and including the causative agents
of dengue
fever,
yellow fever, and some types
of encephalitis.