Yellow Fever Outbreak in Brazil: A crucial time for epidemiologic surveillance

Authors

  • Priscila Carminati Siqueira Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo , Vitória, ES
  • Fernanda Mattos de Souza Universidade do estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
  • Caroline Gava Alves Escola de saúde pública Sérgio Arouca, Manguinhos, RJ
  • Mauro Niskier Sanchez Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF
  • Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES
  • Thiago Nascimento do Prado Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17058/reci.v9i2.12422

Keywords:

Yellow Fever, Epidemic, Arbovirus Infections

Abstract

Brazil lived a crucial time for public health and epidemiologic surveillance on the fight against yellow fever (YF) during 2016/2017, mainly in southeastern states where the greatest population concentration occurs, the most economically developed region of the country. In this letter, we show some epidemiologic data from that outbreak and we discussion that crucial time for epidemiologic surveillance

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Published

2019-04-02

How to Cite

Siqueira, P. C., de Souza, F. M., Alves, C. G., Sanchez, M. N., Noia Maciel, E. L., & do Prado, T. N. (2019). Yellow Fever Outbreak in Brazil: A crucial time for epidemiologic surveillance. Revista De Epidemiologia E Controle De Infecção, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.17058/reci.v9i2.12422

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2019)

Section

LETTERS TO THE PUBLISHER

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