Yellow fever – what it means for Singapore

• Main Authors: Lim, Poh Lian, Tan, Glorijoy S. E., Chan, Monica
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Yellow Fever; Haemorrhagic Disease
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83667; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49126
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Yellow fever (YF) is an arthropod-borne viral haemorrhagic disease transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Hemagogus mosquitoes, belonging to the flavivirus family which includes dengue, Zika and West Nile virus. Infected persons may have symptoms that range from subclinical infection to multi-organ failur...