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Brazil to vaccinate 23.8 million people against yellow fever
Brazil is vaccinating more than 20 million people against yellow fever to control a budding outbreak.
Jan 26, 2018
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Sao Paulo shuts parks as yellow fever outbreak kills 70
Sao Paulo closed its zoo and botanical gardens Tuesday as a yellow fever outbreak that has led to 70 deaths is picking up steam.
Jan 23, 2018
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Nearly 70 have died from yellow fever in three Brazilian states
Authorities say that nearly 70 people have died from yellow fever in three southeastern Brazilian states in the current outbreak.
Jan 23, 2018
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WHO: All of Sao Paulo state at risk for yellow fever
The World Health Organization announced Tuesday that it now considers all of Sao Paulo state at risk for yellow fever, recommending that all international visitors to the state be vaccinated.
Jan 16, 2018
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Drug blocks Zika, other mosquito-borne viruses in cell cultures
If there was a Mafia crime family of the virus world, it might be flaviviruses.
Dec 12, 2017
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Ongoing surveillance and vaccination are key to prevent yellow fever outbreak in humans
A combination of continuous monitoring of mosquitoes and non-human primate deaths, along with laboratory tests and increased vaccination, is crucial to prevent human cases of yellow fever in places where the virus is transmitted. ...
Nov 6, 2017
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Oropouche virus could emerge as a serious public health problem, researcher says
Due to the Zika epidemic, which began in 2015, and the outbreak of yellow fever early in 2017, Brazil runs a serious risk of being afflicted by Oropouche, another virus that is widely distributed throughout South and Central ...
Aug 23, 2017
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Aedes aegypti mosquitos introduced to California multiple times
Aedes aegypti mosquitos can carry the pathogens that cause dengue fever, chikungunya, Zika fever, and yellow fever, among other diseases. In 2013, scientists first reported that A. aegypti had been found in California. Now, ...
Aug 10, 2017
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Prior dengue or yellow fever exposure does not worsen Zika infection in monkeys
Rhesus macaques previously infected with dengue or yellow fever viruses appear to be neither more nor less susceptible to severe infection with Zika virus, according to new research published in PLOS Pathogens.
Aug 4, 2017
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Four reasons why we shouldn't forget about Zika
A group of researchers investigating yellow fever, in 1947, discovered a new virus in a sick monkey – the Zika virus. The researchers probably never imagined that nearly 70 years later this virus would rapidly spread across ...
Apr 13, 2017
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