Global & Disaster Medicine

Since December 2015, Angola has reported 3,867 yellow fever cases, 879 of them confirmed & as of Aug 8 the DRC had reported 2,269 cases, 74 of them confirmed.

August 14th, 2016

WHO

Yellow fever virus has three transmission cycles: jungle (sylvatic), intermediate (savannah), and urban.

Map: Africa showing areas at risk for Yellow Fever Transmision in Angola, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Nigeria, Benin, Ghana, Cote dIvoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Buinea-Bissau, The Gambia, Senegai, Burkina Faso, Togo, and parts of Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, and Sudan.

Map: South America showing areas at risk for Yellow Fever Transmision in Columbia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Paraguay, and parts of Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, and Uruguay

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