Recent sylvatic yellow fever virus transmission in Brazil: the news from an old disease

• Published in: Virology journal Vol. 17; no. 1; p. 9
• Main Authors: Silva, Natalia Ingrid Oliveira, Sacchetto, Lívia, de Rezende, Izabela Maurício, Trindade, Giliane de Souza, LaBeaud, Angelle Desiree, de Thoisy, Benoit, Drumond, Betânia Paiva
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 23.01.2020; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Aedes - virology; Africa; Animals; Arbovirus; Brazil; Brazil - epidemiology; Culicidae - virology; death; Disease Outbreaks; Disease Reservoirs - virology; Disease transmission; Diseases; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Epizootic; Fever; Flavivirus; Genomes; Haemagogus leucocelaenus; Health aspects; Histopathology; Humans; Immune response; Immunization; Infection; Infections; Laboratories; Medical research; monitoring; Morbidity; Mortality; Mosquito Vectors - virology; Non-human primate; Outbreaks; Pancreatitis; Pathogenesis; patients; people; Primates; Primates - virology; Proteins; Review; South America; Studies; Vaccines; Vectors; Viral diseases; virology; Virus diseases; Virus Diseases - epidemiology; virus transmission; Yellow fever; Yellow Fever - epidemiology; Yellow Fever - prevention & control; Yellow Fever - transmission; Yellow fever virus; Yellow fever virus - immunology; Yellow fever virus - isolation & purification; Yellow fever virus - pathogenicity; Zoonoses - epidemiology; Zoonoses - transmission; Zoonoses - virology; Brazil; South America; Angola; West Africa; Africa; Epizootic; Outbreak; Pathogenesis; Non-human primate; Arbovirus; Epidemiology; Flavivirus; Vector; Yellow fever; Yellow fever virus

Yellow fever (YF) is an acute viral disease, affecting humans and non-human primates (NHP), caused by the yellow fever virus (YFV). Despite the existence of a safe vaccine, YF continues to cause morbidity and mortality in thousands of people in Africa and South America. Since 2016, massive YF outbre...