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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+8 more
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Zika misperceptions are common in Brazil; corrective information fails to improve the accuracy of beliefs about the disease. Disease epidemics and outbreaks often generate conspiracy theories and misperceptions that mislead people about the risks they ...
J. Carey+4 more
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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+4 more
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Longitudinal dynamics of the human B cell response to the yellow fever 17D vaccine
Significance The yellow fever virus 17D (YFV-17D) vaccine is one of the safest and most effective vaccines ever developed and is widely considered to be the “gold standard” of antiviral vaccination.
Anna Z. Wec+17 more
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Yellow fever control: current epidemiology and vaccination strategies
Yellow fever (YF) outbreaks continue, have expanded into new areas and threaten large populations in South America and Africa. Predicting where epidemics might occur must take into account local mosquito populations and specific YF virus strain, as well ...
Lin H. Chen, Mary E. Wilson
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International travel between global urban centres vulnerable to yellow fever transmission. [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To examine the potential for international travel to spread yellow fever virus to cities around the world. METHODS: We obtained data on the international flight itineraries of travellers who departed yellow fever-endemic areas of the world in ...
Bogoch, Isaac I+9 more
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The global burden of yellow fever
Background: Yellow fever (YF) is a viral haemorrhagic fever endemic in tropical regions of Africa and South America. Current intervention policies, namely the Eliminate Yellow fever Epidemics (EYE) strategy are actioned through vaccination.
K. Gaythorpe+6 more
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Shedding of Yellow Fever Virus From an Imported Case in the Netherlands After Travel to Brazil. [PDF]
We report yellow fever infection in a Dutch traveler returning from Brazil. Yellow fever virus (YFV) was identified in serum and urine samples over a period of 1 month.
Aron, Georgina+8 more
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Shortage of vaccines during a yellow fever outbreak in Guinea. [PDF]
A yellow fever epidemic erupted in Guinea in September, 2000. From Sept 4, 2000, to Jan 7, 2001, 688 instances of the disease and 225 deaths were reported. The diagnosis was laboratory confirmed by IgM detection in more than 40 patients.
Barry, M+3 more
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A deep convolutional neural network for classification of Aedes albopictus mosquitoes [PDF]
Monitoring the spread of disease-carrying mosquitoes is a first and necessary step to control severe diseases such as dengue, chikungunya, Zika or yellow fever. Previous citizen science projects have been able to obtain large image datasets with linked geo-tracking information.
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