Yellow Fever: Epidemiology, Symptoms, Pathology and Treatment including role of Potential herbs and Biotechnological Products

The yellow fever virus belongs to the family of Flaviviridae whose vector is Aedes aegypti. The virus showed its impact mainly in the African region and the South American region. To immune one from its infection, live attenuated vaccines were made which can provide immunity in 30 days. However, these vaccines have some side effects therefore a search for antiviral activity was needed. Hence the activity of sofosbuvir and some adjuvants were observed against this virus. Also, plants based antiviral chemical was searched and observed against this virus to see the efficacy. The role biotechnology was also exploited for making non-infectious vaccines which can elucidate the immunity. Here as for precaution and preventive measures different essential oils activity was studied against the larva of the vector.

Author(s): Utsav Gupta*, Shaweta Sharma

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