The seasonal influence of climate and environment on yellow fever transmission across Africa.

• Main Authors: Arran Hamlet (Author), Kévin Jean (Author), William Perea (Author), Sergio Yactayo (Author), Joseph Biey (Author), Maria Van Kerkhove (Author), Neil Ferguson (Author), Tini Garske (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Yellow fever virus (YFV) is a vector-borne flavivirus endemic to Africa and Latin America. Ninety per cent of the global burden occurs in Africa where it is primarily transmitted by Aedes spp, with Aedes aegypti the main vector for urban yellow fever (YF). Mosquito life cycle and viral replication i...