What started in December as a rural, sylviatic (jungle-related) yellow fever outbreak in Brazil is now pushing toward urban areas, which could pose a risk of international spread to US states and ...

In the first month of 2017, Brazil has seen 712 suspected cases of sylvatic, or jungle, yellow fever, the vast majority in Minas Gerais, a rural state where 40 have already died from the ...

Vaccination against yellow fever at least 10 days prior to the travel. A single dose of vaccine is sufficient to confer sustained immunity and life-long protection As of 13 February 2017, yellow ...

Paraguayan health authorities reported an increase in the demand for the yellow fever vaccine from people willing to travel to Brazil for the summer season. “An average of 200 people come daily ...

Yellow fever remains a terrible worry, as do dengue, chikungunya, and Mayaro, a mosquito-spread monkey virus infecting people in northwestern Brazil. Defensive strategies under consideration range ...

But recent outbreaks have been reported in and around major cities in Brazil. In Africa, infections happen most often in the tropical areas of western and central Africa. But they also happen in ...

In the 20th century, a vaccine for yellow fever was developed to protect people in regions where the disease still flourishes. Epidemics continued, however, during every decade of the century ...

Seven of Brazil’s 26 states have declared a state ... those of other mosquito-borne diseases like malaria and yellow fever: ...

March: A Texas man, who had recently returned from a fishing trip in Brazil, dies from yellow fever, the third victim of the disease in the United States since 1996. Previously, no one in the ...

Generally, yellow fever only occurs in certain areas of Africa and South America. In South America (especially Brazil), infections occur sporadically, and usually among forestry and agricultural ...