Rapid molecular assays for the detection of yellow fever virus in low-resource settings.

• Main Authors: Camille Escadafal (Author), Oumar Faye (Author), Amadou Alpha Sall (Author), Ousmane Faye (Author), Manfred Weidmann (Author), Oliver Strohmeier (Author), Felix von Stetten (Author), Josef Drexler (Author), Michael Eberhard (Author), Matthias Niedrig (Author), Pranav Patel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Yellow fever (YF) is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. The causative agent, the yellow fever virus (YFV), is found in tropical and subtropical areas of South America and Africa. Although a vaccine is available since the 1930s, YF still causes thousands o...