YELLOW FEVER: STILL OF CONCERN FOR TRAVELERS OF COLOMBIA?

During the last years, the world has witnessed significant yellow fever (YF) epidemics. The one that occurred in Africa, particularly in Angola, during 2016, is a clear example of that. This outbreak included not only locally-transmitted cases in this country, but also 11 imported cases, unprecede...

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Main Author: Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales
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Language:English
Published: Asociación Colombiana de Infectología 2018-09-01
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Online Access:http://revistainfectio.org/index.php/infectio/article/view/733/767
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description During the last years, the world has witnessed significant yellow fever (YF) epidemics. The one that occurred in Africa, particularly in Angola, during 2016, is a clear example of that. This outbreak included not only locally-transmitted cases in this country, but also 11 imported cases, unprecedently in Asia, specifically in China.3,4 By the way, between Angola and Brazil, there is an increasing number of international travelers arriving to Latin America proceeding from Africa.
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spelling doaj.art-659c4a176c7a402bbce313f4d3c4e66b2022-12-22T03:20:33ZengAsociación Colombiana de InfectologíaInfectio0123-93920123-93922018-09-0122417117210.22354/in.v22i4.733YELLOW FEVER: STILL OF CONCERN FOR TRAVELERS OF COLOMBIA?Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales0Universidad Tecnologica de PereiraDuring the last years, the world has witnessed significant yellow fever (YF) epidemics. The one that occurred in Africa, particularly in Angola, during 2016, is a clear example of that. This outbreak included not only locally-transmitted cases in this country, but also 11 imported cases, unprecedently in Asia, specifically in China.3,4 By the way, between Angola and Brazil, there is an increasing number of international travelers arriving to Latin America proceeding from Africa.http://revistainfectio.org/index.php/infectio/article/view/733/767yellow fevertravel medicinecolombia
spellingShingle Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales
YELLOW FEVER: STILL OF CONCERN FOR TRAVELERS OF COLOMBIA?
Infectio
yellow fever
travel medicine
colombia
title YELLOW FEVER: STILL OF CONCERN FOR TRAVELERS OF COLOMBIA?
title_full YELLOW FEVER: STILL OF CONCERN FOR TRAVELERS OF COLOMBIA?
title_fullStr YELLOW FEVER: STILL OF CONCERN FOR TRAVELERS OF COLOMBIA?
title_full_unstemmed YELLOW FEVER: STILL OF CONCERN FOR TRAVELERS OF COLOMBIA?
title_short YELLOW FEVER: STILL OF CONCERN FOR TRAVELERS OF COLOMBIA?
title_sort yellow fever still of concern for travelers of colombia
topic yellow fever
travel medicine
colombia
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