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Evaluating the importation of yellow fever cases into China in 2016 and strategies used to prevent and control the spread of the disease
During the yellow fever epidemic in Angola in 2016, cases of yellow fever were reported in China for the first time. The 11 cases, all Chinese nationals returning from Angola, were identified in March and April 2016, one to two weeks after the peak of the Angolan epidemic. One patient died; the othe...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7829080/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33537159 http://dx.doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2018.9.1.007 |
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author | Li, Chao Li, Dan Smart, Shirley JoAnn Zhou, Lei Yang, Peng Ou, Jianming He, Yi Ren, Ruiqi Ma, Tao Xiang, Nijuan Sui, Haitian Wang, Yali Zhao, Jian Wang, Chaonan Wang, Yeping Ni, Daxin Fung, Isaac Chun-Hai Li, Dexin Huang, Yangmu Li, Qun |
author_facet | Li, Chao Li, Dan Smart, Shirley JoAnn Zhou, Lei Yang, Peng Ou, Jianming He, Yi Ren, Ruiqi Ma, Tao Xiang, Nijuan Sui, Haitian Wang, Yali Zhao, Jian Wang, Chaonan Wang, Yeping Ni, Daxin Fung, Isaac Chun-Hai Li, Dexin Huang, Yangmu Li, Qun |
author_sort | Li, Chao |
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description | During the yellow fever epidemic in Angola in 2016, cases of yellow fever were reported in China for the first time. The 11 cases, all Chinese nationals returning from Angola, were identified in March and April 2016, one to two weeks after the peak of the Angolan epidemic. One patient died; the other 10 cases recovered after treatment. This paper reviews the epidemiological characteristics of the 11 yellow fever cases imported into China. It examines case detection and disease control and surveillance, and presents recommendations for further action to prevent additional importation of yellow fever into China. |
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spelling | pubmed-78290802021-02-02 Evaluating the importation of yellow fever cases into China in 2016 and strategies used to prevent and control the spread of the disease Li, Chao Li, Dan Smart, Shirley JoAnn Zhou, Lei Yang, Peng Ou, Jianming He, Yi Ren, Ruiqi Ma, Tao Xiang, Nijuan Sui, Haitian Wang, Yali Zhao, Jian Wang, Chaonan Wang, Yeping Ni, Daxin Fung, Isaac Chun-Hai Li, Dexin Huang, Yangmu Li, Qun Western Pac Surveill Response J Non Theme Issue During the yellow fever epidemic in Angola in 2016, cases of yellow fever were reported in China for the first time. The 11 cases, all Chinese nationals returning from Angola, were identified in March and April 2016, one to two weeks after the peak of the Angolan epidemic. One patient died; the other 10 cases recovered after treatment. This paper reviews the epidemiological characteristics of the 11 yellow fever cases imported into China. It examines case detection and disease control and surveillance, and presents recommendations for further action to prevent additional importation of yellow fever into China. World Health Organization 2020-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7829080/ /pubmed/33537159 http://dx.doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2018.9.1.007 Text en (c) 2020 The authors; licensee World Health Organization. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution IGO License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/legalcode), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. In any reproduction of this article there should not be any suggestion that WHO or this article endorse any specific organization or products. The use of the WHO logo is not permitted. This notice should be preserved along with the article's original URL. |
spellingShingle | Non Theme Issue Li, Chao Li, Dan Smart, Shirley JoAnn Zhou, Lei Yang, Peng Ou, Jianming He, Yi Ren, Ruiqi Ma, Tao Xiang, Nijuan Sui, Haitian Wang, Yali Zhao, Jian Wang, Chaonan Wang, Yeping Ni, Daxin Fung, Isaac Chun-Hai Li, Dexin Huang, Yangmu Li, Qun Evaluating the importation of yellow fever cases into China in 2016 and strategies used to prevent and control the spread of the disease |
title | Evaluating the importation of yellow fever cases into China in 2016 and strategies used to prevent and control the spread of the disease |
title_full | Evaluating the importation of yellow fever cases into China in 2016 and strategies used to prevent and control the spread of the disease |
title_fullStr | Evaluating the importation of yellow fever cases into China in 2016 and strategies used to prevent and control the spread of the disease |
title_full_unstemmed | Evaluating the importation of yellow fever cases into China in 2016 and strategies used to prevent and control the spread of the disease |
title_short | Evaluating the importation of yellow fever cases into China in 2016 and strategies used to prevent and control the spread of the disease |
title_sort | evaluating the importation of yellow fever cases into china in 2016 and strategies used to prevent and control the spread of the disease |
topic | Non Theme Issue |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7829080/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33537159 http://dx.doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2018.9.1.007 |
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