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Persistence of Yellow fever virus outside the Amazon Basin, causing epidemics in Southeast Brazil, from 2016 to 2018.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Jun 2018
Rezende Izabela Maurício de, Sacchetto Lívia, Munhoz de Mello Érica, Alves Pedro Augusto, Iani Felipe Campos de Melo, Adelino Talita Émile Ribeiro, Duarte Myrian Morato, Cury Ana Luísa Furtado, Bernardes André Felipe Leal, Santos Tayrine Araújo, Pereira Leonardo Soares, Dutra Maria Rita Teixeira, Ramalho Dario Brock, de Thoisy Benoit, Kroon Erna Geessien, Trindade Giliane de Souza, Drumond Betânia Paiva
Abstract excerpt
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 been occurring in Southeast Brazil, with more than 1,900 human cases and more than 1,600 epizooties of non-human primates (NHPs) reported until April 2018. Previous studies have demonstrated that Yellow fever virus (YFV) causing outbreaks in...
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