Occurrence of yellow fever outbreaks in a partially vaccinated population: An analysis of the effective reproduction number.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Fernanda Cristina da Silva Lopes Ferreira, Luiz Antônio Bastos Camacho, Daniel Antunes Maciel Villela
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Nordeste
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010741; https://doaj.org/article/f2598ffd62b9440fb3a49c259646f7a8

Background Yellow fever is endemic in Africa and the Americas, occurring in urban or sylvatic environments. The infection presents varying symptoms, with high case-fatality among severe cases. In 2016, Brazil had sylvatic yellow fever outbreaks with more than 11 thousand cases, predominantly affecti...