In the last few years, Venezuela has been the epicentre for multiple concurrent epidemics
(syndemics)[1] of emerging and reemerging infectious and tropical diseases. These events …

States in south-eastern Brazil were recently affected by the largest Yellow Fever (YF)
outbreak seen in a decade in Latin America. Here we provide a quantitative assessment of …

Yellow fever virus and its mosquito vector, Aedes aegypti, both of African origin, were
introduced to the Western hemisphere in the 1600s by the slave trade, causing major …

Southeast Brazil has experienced two large yellow fever (YF) outbreaks since 2016. While
the 2016–2017 outbreak mainly affected the states of Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais, the …

Background The 2017–2018 yellow fever virus (YFV) outbreak in southeastern Brazil
marked a reemergence of YFV in urban states that had been YFV-free for nearly a century …

Abstract Background Yellow Fever (YF) is a high fatality rate disease (30–50%) caused by
Flavivirus, present in some African and South American countries. In order to determine the …

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 …

Yellow fever virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that causes yellow fever, an acute infectious
disease that occurs in South America and sub-Saharan Africa. Most patients with yellow …

The control of urban YF in Rio de Janeiro in the beginning of the last century is recognised
as one of the most successful public health initiatives in the world. Oswaldo Cruz's …

Objectives Yellow fever virus historically was a frequent threat to American and European
coasts. Medical milestones such as the discovery of mosquitoes as vectors and …