Recent sylvatic yellow fever virus transmission in Brazil: the news from an old disease

NIO Silva, L Sacchetto, IM De Rezende, GS Trindade… - Virology journal, 2020 - Springer
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 …

Mosquito-borne diseases emergence/resurgence and how to effectively control it biologically

H Dahmana, O Mediannikov - Pathogens, 2020 - mdpi.com
Deadly pathogens and parasites are transmitted by vectors and the mosquito is considered
the most threatening vector in public health, transmitting these pathogens to humans and …

[HTML][HTML] Yellow fever in Africa and the Americas: a historical and epidemiological perspective

JP Chippaux, A Chippaux - Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
Yellow fever was transported during the slave trade in the 15th and 16th centuries from
Africa to the Americas where the virus encountered favorable ecological conditions that …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence of natural Zika virus infection in neotropical non-human primates in Brazil

ACB Terzian, N Zini, L Sacchetto, RF Rocha… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract In Africa, Old World Primates are involved in the maintenance of sylvatic circulation
of ZIKV. However, in Brazil, the hosts for the sylvatic cycle remain unknown. We …

Yellow fever epizootics in non-human primates, Southeast and Northeast Brazil (2017 and 2018)

MAMM Mares-Guia, MA Horta, A Romano… - Parasites & …, 2020 - Springer
Background Yellow fever (YF) is a severe, infectious, but non-communicable arboviral
hemorrhagic disease. In the last decades, yellow fever virus (YFV) infections have been …

Host diversity and origin of zoonoses: The ancient and the new

J Recht, VJ Schuenemann, MR Sánchez-Villagra - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary There is a wide variety of diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, and
parasites that are transmitted to humans by different routes from other animals. These …

Epizootics due to Yellow Fever Virus in São Paulo State, Brazil: viral dissemination to new areas (2016–2017)

MS Cunha, AC da Costa… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Beginning in late 2016 Brazil faced the worst outbreak of Yellow Fever in recent decades,
mainly located in southeastern rural regions of the country. In the present study we …

[HTML][HTML] Differential yellow fever susceptibility in new world nonhuman primates, comparison with humans, and implications for surveillance

NCC de Azevedo Fernandes, JM Guerra… - Emerging infectious …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A major outbreak of yellow fever (YF) occurred in Brazil during 2016–2018. Epizootics in
New World nonhuman primates are sentinel events for YF virus circulation. However, genus …

Yellow fever in the diagnostics laboratory

C Domingo, RN Charrel… - Emerging microbes & …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Yellow fever (YF) remains a public health issue in endemic areas despite the availability of a
safe and effective vaccine. In 2015–2016, urban outbreaks of YF were declared in Angola …

Risk of yellow fever virus transmission in the Asia-Pacific region

LG Lataillade, M Vazeille, T Obadia, Y Madec… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Historically endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa and South America, yellow fever is
absent from the Asia-Pacific region. Yellow fever virus (YFV) is mainly transmitted by the …