Yellow Fever Shot, Vaccination

Jungle yellow fever can be spread through infected mosquitoes and monkeys in tropical rainforests. This type is rare. Urban yellow fever is spread through the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which carries the virus from human to human.

To protect yourself from yellow fever, you must be vaccinated with a safe and effective vaccine. The single-dose live yellow fever vaccine is recommended for people 9 months old and older.

If you think you have yellow fever, consult your doctor, describe your symptoms to them, and tell them about your travel history.

Yellow fever infection can be easily confused with malaria, typhoid, rickettsial, dengue, viral hepatitis, and leptospirosis. To confirm a possible yellow fever case, a blood test and laboratory analysis are needed.

Yellow fever has no specific treatment yet. Symptoms, however, can be treated with IV fluids, dialysis, and blood transfusion if it involves severe bleeding.

At Nao Medical, we accept most major insurance plans, but in order to know if your plan covers the test, we would need to run your insurance and this can only be done at the beginning of your visit. If you would like to know ahead of time, please call the number on the back of your insurance card so a representative may let you know which coronavirus test is covered by your insurance plan.