Yellow fever: an update

• Published in: The Lancet infectious diseases Vol. 1; no. 1; pp. 11 - 20
• Main Author: Monath, Thomas P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2001; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Aedes - virology; Africa South of the Sahara - epidemiology; Air transportation; Aircraft; Animals; Aquatic insects; Genotype; Haplorhini; Humans; Incidence; Infectious diseases; Insect Vectors - virology; Mosquitoes; Risk Factors; Rodentia; South America - epidemiology; Travel; Tropical environments; Vaccines; Vector-borne diseases; Yellow Fever - diagnosis; Yellow Fever - epidemiology; Yellow Fever - therapy; Yellow Fever - transmission; Yellow Fever Vaccine - adverse effects; Yellow Fever Vaccine - immunology; Yellow fever virus - classification; Yellow fever virus - genetics; Yellow fever virus - immunology; Zoonoses; South America; Africa South of the Sahara

Yellow fever, the original viral haemorrhagic fever, was one of the most feared lethal diseases before the development of an effective vaccine. Today the disease still affects as many as 200 000 persons annually in tropical regions of Africa and South America, and poses a significant hazard to unvac...