1st order laboratory parameters – obligatory laboratory tests.
- Yellow fever virus PCR
- Direct virus detection from blood – usually succeeds only after several days of illness.
- Antibody detection (AK (IgM, IgG detection) against yellow fever virus) – can only be detected after five to ten days.
- Small blood count
- Differential blood count
- Liver parameters – alanine aminotransferase (ALT, GPT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST, GOT), glutamate dehydrogenase (GLDH) and gamma-glutamyl transferase (gamma-GT, GGT), alkaline phosphatase, bilirubin.
- Renal parameters – urea, creatinine, cystatin C or creatinine clearance, if necessary.
- Coagulation parameters – PTT, Quick
