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  1. Abstract. After failed attempts at producing bacteria-based vaccines, the discovery of a viral agent causing yellow fever and its isolation in monkeys opened new avenues of research. Subsequent advances were the attenuation of the virus in mice and later in tissue culture; the creation of the seed lot system to avoid spontaneous mutations; the ...

    • Frierson Jg
    • 2010
  2. An International Certificate of Vaccination or Revaccination Against Yellow Fever, issued in the Soviet Union in 1985. The International Certificate of Inoculation and Vaccination was established by the International Sanitary Convention for Aerial Navigation (1933) in The Hague, which came into force on 1 August 1935 and was amended in 1944. [3]

  3. Yellow fever vaccine is recommended for: People 9 months through 59 years of age who are traveling to or living in areas at risk for yellow fever virus activity, or traveling to a country with an entry requirement for vaccination. (People younger than 9 months or older than 59 years who are at increased risk might receive yellow fever vaccine ...

  4. The International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis (ICVP), also referred to as the “yellow card,” is the official, internationally recognized document that travelers use to document proof of vaccination for diseases included under the IHR. Currently, vaccination against yellow fever, and in some instances, polio, must be documented ...

  5. It is given as a single shot. One dose provides lifelong protection for most people. Yellow fever vaccine is recommended for: People 9 months through 59 years of age who are traveling to or living in areas at risk for yellow fever virus activity, or traveling to a country with an entry requirement for vaccination.

  6. This report reviews the evidence related to main topics considered by the working group, including: 1. Need for booster doses every 10 years to maintain protection against yellow fever 2. Safety of the vaccine in selected special populations a. Persons aged 60 years and older b.

  7. Yellow Fever Vaccines. The attenuated live YF 17D vaccine strain is derived from a wild-type YF virus (the Asibi strain) isolated in Ghana in 1927 and attenuated by serial passages in chicken embryo tissue culture. Two substrains of the 17D vaccine virus are currently used for vaccine production in embryonated chicken eggs, namely 17D-204 and 17DD.

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