Yellow Fever outbreaks in unvaccinated populations, Brazil, 2008-2009.

• Main Authors: Alessandro Pecego Martins Romano (Author), Zouraide Guerra Antunes Costa (Author), Daniel Garkauskas Ramos (Author), Maria Auxiliadora Andrade (Author), Valéria de Sá Jayme (Author), Marco Antônio Barreto de Almeida (Author), Kátia Campomar Vettorello (Author), Melissa Mascheretti (Author), Brendan Flannery (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Due to the risk of severe vaccine-associated adverse events, yellow fever vaccination in Brazil is only recommended in areas considered at risk for disease. From September 2008 through June 2009, two outbreaks of yellow fever in previously unvaccinated populations resulted in 21 confirmed cases with...