This randomized controlled trial conducted in Kenya and Uganda assessed whether fractional doses of the 17D-204 yellow fever ...

The standard protective dose is almost 14,000 units, but even 500 units raises antibody levels sufficiently to do the job.

By Sharon AtienoKenya risks a vaccination crisis if the country does not honour its Global Alliance for Vaccines and ...

Whether you’re road tripping across the country or flying to the other side of the world, there are certain vaccines you ...

Yellow fever vaccine is highly effective with a single dose, but vaccine supply is limited. The minimum dose requirements for seroconversion remain unknown. In this double-blind, randomized ...

People travelling from Angola have already exported the virus to China, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo. WHO has warned that Uganda, DRC and Angola have active yellow fever outbreaks.

Kenya: Kenyans crossing over to Tanzania will not be forced to undergo yellow fever vaccination, Tanzanian Minister for East African Affairs Samuel Sitta has said. Instructing Immigration ...

Applying Japanese diagnostic techniques for the detection of infectious diseases in Africa Outbreaks of zoonotic arboviral diseases* including yellow fever and Rift Valley fever are frequent in Kenya ...

In the 20th century, a vaccine for yellow fever was developed to protect people in regions where the disease still flourishes. Epidemics continued, however, during every decade of the century ...

Victims suffered from jaundice, high fever and black vomit. For more than two hundred years, yellow fever — as the disease became known — attacked numerous American cities, usually in severe ...