We discuss the complex eco-social factors involved in the puzzle of the unexpected rapid
viral spread in the ongoing Brazilian yellow fever (YF) outbreak, which has increased the …

Yellow fever (YF) is an acute viral disease, affecting humans and non-human primates
(NHP), caused by the yellow fever virus (YFV). Despite the existence of a safe vaccine, YF …

The yellow fever virus (YFV) epidemic in Brazil is the largest in decades. The recent
discovery of YFV in Brazilian Aedes species mosquitos highlights a need to monitor the risk …

The yellow fever virus (YFV) caused a severe outbreak in Brazil in 2016–2018 that rapidly
spread across the Atlantic Forest in its most populated region without viral circulation for …

Background Traditional vector control approaches such as source reduction and insecticide
spraying have limited effect on reducing Aedes aegypti population. The endosymbiont …

Landscape connectivity is important for a wide range of ecological processes, including to
disease spread, once it describes the degree to which landscapes facilitate or impede vector …

Background Yellow fever virus infection results in death in around 30% of symptomatic
individuals. The aim of this study was to identify predictors of death measured at hospital …

Background Yellow fever (YF) is endemic in the Brazilian Amazon Basin, and sporadic
outbreaks take place outside the endemic area in Brazil. Since 2016, YF epidemics have …

The current outbreak of yellow fever virus (YFV) that is afflicting Brazil since the end of 2016
probably originated from a re-introduction of YFV from endemic areas into the non-endemic …

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 …