Yellow Fever Remains a Potential Threat to Public Health

Yellow fever (YF) remains a serious public health threat in endemic countries. The recent re-emergence in Africa, initiating in Angola and spreading to Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, with imported cases in China and Kenya is of concern. There is such a shortage of YF vaccine in the world t...

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Published in:	Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) Vol. 16; no. 8; p. 566
Main Authors:	Vasconcelos, Pedro F C, Monath, Thomas P
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01-08-2016
Subjects:	Africa - epidemiology Animals Communicable Disease Control Communicable Diseases, Emerging Epidemics World Health Organization Yellow Fever - epidemiology Yellow Fever Vaccine - administration & dosage Yellow Fever Vaccine - supply & distribution Epidemic Vaccine Zika virus Underreporting Aedes aegypti mosquitoes Yellow fever
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Summary:	Yellow fever (YF) remains a serious public health threat in endemic countries. The recent re-emergence in Africa, initiating in Angola and spreading to Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, with imported cases in China and Kenya is of concern. There is such a shortage of YF vaccine in the world that the World Health Organization has proposed the use of reduced doses (1/5) during emergencies. In this short communication, we discuss these and other problems including the risk of spread of YF to areas free of YF for decades or never before affected by this arbovirus disease.
ISSN:	1557-7759
DOI:	10.1089/vbz.2016.2031