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Re-thinking yellow fever vaccines: fighting old foes with new generation vaccines

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, 2022
Despite the existence of a highly efficient yellow fever vaccine, yellow fever reemergence throughout Africa and the Americas has put 900 million people in 47 countries at risk of contracting the disease.
Arturo Reyes-Sandoval, Christine Rollier
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Characterization of Yellow Fever Suspected Cases and Confirmed Outbreaks in a Southwest State, Nigeria, 2021 [PDF]

Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System, 2022
Background: Yellow fever (YF) is an acute viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the yellow fever virus and transmitted by Aedes mosquito species. Despite the availability of a very effective vaccine, yellow fever virus (YFV) remains a public health threat ...
Itse Olaoye, Akinola Fatiregun, Adewale M. Adejugbagbe, Modupeola Dosumu, Ekun Opeyemi, Zubairu Mahmud, David Adeleke, Tsemaye Jacdonmi, Aladesawe Adesokeji, Famokun Gboyega, Abiona Samuel   +10 more
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An evaluation of the diagnostic performance characteristics of the Yellow Fever IgM immunochromatographic rapid diagnostic test kit from SD Biosensor in Ghana.

PLoS ONE, 2022
Yellow fever is endemic in Ghana and outbreaks occur periodically. The prodromal signs due to Yellow Fever Virus (YFV) infection are non-specific, making clinical signs unreliable as the sole criteria for diagnosis.
Lawrence Henry Ofosu-Appiah, Dodzi Kofi Amelor, Bright Ayensu, Ernest Akyereko, Nafisah Issah Rabiwu, David Opare, Godfred Owusu-Okyere, Dennis Odai Laryea, Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, Julius Abraham Addo Mingle   +9 more
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Yellow fever

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2000
With the infestation by Aedes aegypti, urban yellow fever might already exist. This did not occur because of either the lacking of a sufficient contact between the diseased individual and the A.
Prata Aluízio
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Changing epidemiology of yellow fever virus in Oyo State, Nigeria

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Yellow Fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease endemic in tropical Africa and Latin America and is transmitted through infected mosquitoes.
Bassey Enya Bassey, Fiona Braka, Rosemary Onyibe, Olufunmilola Olawumi Kolude, Marcus Oluwadare, Alawale Oluwabukola, Ogunlaja Omotunde, Oluwatobi Adeoluwa Iyanda, Adedamola Ayodeji Tella, Olayiwola Suliat Olanike   +9 more
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Yellow fever vaccination before and during the covid-19 pandemic in Brazil

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2022
OBJECTIVE To analyze the number of yellow fever vaccine doses administered before and during the covid-19 pandemic in Brazil. METHODS This is an ecological, time series study based on data from the National Immunization Program.
Tércia Moreira Ribeiro da Silva, Ana Carolina Micheletti Gomide Nogueira de Sá, Elton Junio Sady Prates, Daiana Elias Rodrigues, Thales Philipe Rodrigues da Silva, Fernanda Penido Matozinhos, Ed Wilson Rodrigues Vieira   +6 more
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Sustained circulation of yellow fever virus in Cameroon: an analysis of laboratory surveillance data, 2010–2020

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background The re-emergence of yellow fever poses a serious public health risk to unimmunized communities in the tropical regions of Africa and South America and unvaccinated travelers visiting these regions.
Fredy Brice Simo Nemg, Ngu Njei Abanda, Martial Gide Yonga, Diane Ouapi, Ivis Ewang Samme, Marlise Dontsop Djoumetio, Marie Claire Endegue-Zanga, Maurice Demanou, Richard Njouom   +8 more
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Knowledge, attitudes and practice towards yellow fever among nomadic populations: A cross-sectional study in yellow fever outbreak communities in Ghana.

PLOS Global Public Health, 2023
Despite the government and global health initiatives toward yellow fever epidemic control in Ghana, the country continues to witness sporadic outbreaks of yellow fever mostly among the unvaccinated population and suspected migrates(nomadic) who enter the
Abdul-Wahab Inusah, Gbeti Collins, Peter Dzomeku, Michael Head, Shamsu-Deen Ziblim   +4 more
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Viscerotropic disease and acute uveitis following yellow fever vaccination: a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Yellow fever vaccine exists for over 80 years and is considered to be relatively safe. However, in rare cases it can produce serious neurotropic and viscerotropic complications.
Lev Volkov, Gilda Grard, Pierre-Edouard Bollaert, Guillaume A. Durand, Aurélie Cravoisy, Marie Conrad, Lionel Nace, Guilhem Courte, Rémy Marnai, Isabelle Leparc-Goffart, Sébastien Gibot   +10 more
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Current Trends of Yellow Fever in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects

UMYU Journal of Microbiology Research, 2019
Yellow fever is a viral infection caused by yellow fever virus and is spread by the bite of an infected female mosquito (Aedes and Haemogogus species).
Abdulkadir, B., Dazy, D. B., Abubakar, M. A., Farida, A. T., Samira, I. G., Aladelokun, J. D., Nafisat, S. T., Olaosebikan, V. O., Ibrahim, E., Samira, A., Nwadigwe, M. O.   +10 more
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