Shortage of yellow fever vaccination: A travel medicine emergency for Chilean travellers
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2019-03
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Article
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Elsevier Ltd.
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Abstract
In recent years, yellow fever (YF) outbreaks have struck various African and South American countries, a scenario, which led to the creation of the “Eliminate Yellow fever Epidemics” initiative by the WHO [1]. The current Brazilian outbreak is the largest, both in human and epizootic cases in decades in South America, expanding from the historical endemic areas towards the crowded coastal region [2]. This outbreak poses a unique challenge for national authorities and global response [3], but also Travel Medicine.
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Instituto de Ciencias e Innovación en Medicina (ICIM)/ Centro de Epidemiología y Políticas de Salud
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Weitzel T, Vial P, Perret C, Aguilera X. Shortage of yellow fever vaccination: A travel medicine emergency for Chilean travellers. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2019;28:1-2. doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2019.01.016
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Yellow fever, Outbreak, Brazil, Travel medicine, Vaccination