Increased risk of yellow fever infections among unvaccinated European travellers due to ongoing outbreak in Brazil, July 2017 to March 2018

Increased risk of yellow fever infections among unvaccinated European travellers due to ongoing outbreak in Brazil, July 2017 to March 2018

Since December 2016, Brazil has faced a large outbreak of yellow fever with ca 1,500 confirmed human cases. In the first 2 months of 2018, Brazil reported almost as many cases as in 2017 as a whole. In these 2 months, five imported cases were reported among unvaccinated European travellers. Three ha...

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Veröffentlicht in:Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles 2018-03, Vol.23 (11), p.2
Hauptverfasser: Gossner, Céline M, Haussig, Joana M, de Bellegarde de Saint Lary, Chiara, Kaasik Aaslav, Kaja, Schlagenhauf, Patricia, Sudre, Bertrand
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Sprache:eng
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Fever
Health risk assessment
Immunization
Rapid Communication
Travel
Viral infections
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Zusammenfassung:Since December 2016, Brazil has faced a large outbreak of yellow fever with ca 1,500 confirmed human cases. In the first 2 months of 2018, Brazil reported almost as many cases as in 2017 as a whole. In these 2 months, five imported cases were reported among unvaccinated European travellers. Three had travelled to Ilha Grande, a popular destination among European tourists. Physicians and European travellers visiting Brazil should follow yellow fever vaccination recommendations.
ISSN:1560-7917
1025-496X
1560-7917
DOI:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.11.18-00106