Boosting Global Yellow Fever Vaccine Supply for Epidemic Preparedness:3 Actions for China and the USA

摘要

Yellow fever(YF)is an acute disease caused by a flavivirus that infects the liver.It can cause jaundice,bleeding,kidney damage,and death.No antiviral therapy exists.A vaccine does exist,however,and fortunately confers lifelong immunity after a single dose(Monath et al.2016;WHO 2017a,b).