Responding to the threat of urban yellow fever outbreaks
When in April, 2016, WHO declared the yellow fever epidemic in Angola a global threat, it was because yellow fever appeared in Luanda, the capital city of Angola, causing a rapidly spreading urban outbreak due to the massive movement of people to and from the city and easy access to international ai...
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| author | Wilder-Smith, Annelies Monath, Thomas P. |
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| description | When in April, 2016, WHO declared the yellow fever epidemic in Angola a global threat, it was because yellow fever appeared in Luanda, the capital city of Angola, causing a rapidly spreading urban outbreak due to the massive movement of people to and from the city and easy access to international airports, with daily connections to Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Nearly 45 years had elapsed since a similar urban yellow fever epidemic occurred in Angola in 1971 (a smaller one occurred in 1988); in that interval, urbanisation has increased at record rates, with more than 62% of the population now living in urban areas. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/836012020-11-01T05:22:05Z Responding to the threat of urban yellow fever outbreaks Wilder-Smith, Annelies Monath, Thomas P. Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) When in April, 2016, WHO declared the yellow fever epidemic in Angola a global threat, it was because yellow fever appeared in Luanda, the capital city of Angola, causing a rapidly spreading urban outbreak due to the massive movement of people to and from the city and easy access to international airports, with daily connections to Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Nearly 45 years had elapsed since a similar urban yellow fever epidemic occurred in Angola in 1971 (a smaller one occurred in 1988); in that interval, urbanisation has increased at record rates, with more than 62% of the population now living in urban areas. Published version 2017-06-14T03:41:59Z 2019-12-06T15:26:30Z 2017-06-14T03:41:59Z 2019-12-06T15:26:30Z 2016 Journal Article Wilder-Smith, A., & Monath, T. P. (2017). Responding to the threat of urban yellow fever outbreaks. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 17(3), 248-250. 1473-3099 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83601 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42693 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30588-6 en The Lancet Infectious Diseases © The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY license. 3 p. application/pdf |
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| title | Responding to the threat of urban yellow fever outbreaks |
| title_full | Responding to the threat of urban yellow fever outbreaks |
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| title_short | Responding to the threat of urban yellow fever outbreaks |
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