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Jungle yellow fever in the central Amazon

1996; Elsevier BV; Volume: 348; Issue: 9032 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0140-6736(05)65392-5

1474-547X

Marcus Luíz Barroso Barros, Gerhard Boecken,

Vector-borne infectious diseases

Jungle yellow fever still occurs occasionally in the Amazon basin and affects mainly unvaccinated people who enter the forest for hunting, fishing, or wood cutting and become infected within the sylvatic cycle. In the last 10 years six cases of yellow fever have been registered by the Health Authorities (Fundaçäo Nacional de Saúde, FNS) in Amazonas. The last outbreak was in 1984 with eight cases in Tefé, a town about 550 km west from Manaus. 1 Anon. Programa de controle de febre amarela a dengue. Ministério da Saúde, Fundaçäo Nacional de Saúde, Coordenadoria Nacional do Amazonas 1996 Google Scholar Since the beginning of this year, there has been an unusual number of cases attending the Tropical Institute in Manaus, with nine confirmed and seven suspected cases registered, mainly from an area close to Manaus. Positive cases were confirmed by serology, histopathology, or both.