Yellow fever cases in French Guiana, evidence of an active circulation in the Guiana Shield, 2017 and 2018

French Guiana (FG) is a French overseas region bordering Brazil and Suriname that is considered endemic for yellow fever (YF); vaccination is compulsory for residents and travellers. In August 2017 and 2018, two sporadic YF cases were notified 1 year apart, confirming that sylvatic YF virus circulat...

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Autores principales: Sanna, Alice, Andrieu, Audrey, Carvalho, Luisiane, Mayence, Claire, Tabard, Philippe, Hachouf, Marina, Cazaux, Claire-Marie, Enfissi, Antoine, Rousset, Dominique, Kallel, Hatem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2018
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Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6134805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30205871
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.36.1800471
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Sumario:French Guiana (FG) is a French overseas region bordering Brazil and Suriname that is considered endemic for yellow fever (YF); vaccination is compulsory for residents and travellers. In August 2017 and 2018, two sporadic YF cases were notified 1 year apart, confirming that sylvatic YF virus circulation is active in the region. YF vaccination coverage should be closely monitored and improved in FG and neighbouring territories and clinicians should be aware of the risk.

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