Yellow Fever in Pará State, Amazon Region of Brazil, 1998-1999: Entomologic and Epidemiologic Findings

Yellow Fever in Pará State, Amazon Region of Brazil, 1998-1999: Entomologic and Epidemiologic Findings

Yellow fever (YF) is frequently associated with high severity and death rates in the Amazon region of Brazil. During the rainy seasons of 1998 and 1999, 23 (eight deaths) and 34 (eight deaths) human cases of YF were reported, respectively, in different geographic areas of Pará State; most cases were...

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Main Authors: Pedro F. C. Vasconcelos, Amélia P.A.T. Rosa, Sueli G. Rodrigues, Elizabeth S.T. Rosa, Hamilton A.O. Monteiro, Ana C.R. Cruz, Vera L.R.S. Barros, Maria R. Souza, Jorge F.S.T. Rosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2001-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Yellow fever
outbreak
epidemiology
entomology
Haemagogus janthinomys
Pará State
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/7/01-7738_article

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