Yellow fever outbreak in Brazil: the puzzle of rapid viral spread and challenges for immunisation

Yellow fever outbreak in Brazil: the puzzle of rapid viral spread and challenges for immunisation

We discuss the complex eco-social factors involved in the puzzle of the unexpected rapid viral spread in the ongoing Brazilian yellow fever (YF) outbreak, which has increased the reurbanisation risk of a disease without urban cases in Brazil since 1942. Indeed, this rapid spatial viral dissemination...

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Main Authors: Cristina Possas, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira, Pedro Luiz Tauil, Francisco de Paula Pinheiro, Alcides Pissinatti, Rivaldo Venâncio da Cunha, Marcos Freire, Reinaldo Menezes Martins, Akira Homma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2018-09-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
yellow fever
vaccine
eco-social factors
human immunization
monkey immunization
vaccine production
Aedes aegypti
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