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Yellow Fever |
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Yellow fever is caused by a virus that is transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito. The word "yellow" in the name refers to the jaundice that affects some patients.
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Yellow fever is found in tropical areas of Africa and South America. |
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There is no cure for yellow fever. Fortunately, the majority of infected patients improve and their symptoms disappear after 3 to 4 days. However, 15% of patients enter a second, more toxic, phase of the disease. About half of the patients who enter the second phase die within 10 to 14 days, the rest recover.
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Vaccination is the most important preventive measure against yellow fever. |
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| Yellow Fever Vaccine Schedule |
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| People (older than 9 months of age) should only be vaccinated if they are at risk of exposure to yellow fever virus or require proof of vaccination for country entry. A single dose of vaccine is effective in providing protection from yellow fever. |
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| Yellow Fever |
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| General information about the disease and vaccination from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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| Destinations |
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| Use the map or scroll down to the A-Z list of countries below to select a destination and get travel health information for that location, including vaccination requirements |
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| Global Travel Health Directory |
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| Provides information on travel clinic locations in your area and more from the International Society of Travel Medicine |
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Video Library |
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| Reconnaissance for Yellow Fever in the Nuba Mountains, Southern Sudan, 1954: An Epidemiological Expedition into the Interior of Africa: In the early 1950s, Dr. Telford H. Work and Dr. Richard Moreland Taylor traveled to the Sudan to study an outbreak of yellow fever. Flying to Khartoum, they took their equipment by train to El Obeid, and by jeep to the Nuba Mountains (spanning the southern part of the present-day post-partition Sudan and the northern part of South Sudan). Accompanied by Dr. Mansour Ali Haseeb, they wound their way through the region, collecting blood samples from people and primates, and ended at Wau, from which the samples were airlifted back to Khartoum. The film was originally silent. Produced in its current form by Dr. Martine Jozan Work, it lies at the juncture of home movie, expeditionary report, and documentary. |
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| >> view all yellow fever videos |
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| Stories of suffering and loss |
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| More Yellow Fever Information |
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| Download certificate for free from the WHO website |
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| This page was updated
on May 14, 2018. |
| This page was reviewed
on May 11, 2018. |
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The Immunization Action Coalition (IAC), a non-profit organization, works to increase immunization rates and prevent disease by creating and distributing educational materials for health professionals and the public that enhance delivery of safe and effective immunization services. IAC also facilitates communication about the safety, efficacy, and use of vaccines within the broad immunization community of patients, parents, healthcare organizations, and government health agencies. |
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