Yellow fever--cause for concern?

Yellow fever in the Americas: the growing concern about new

Yellow fever (YF) is a haemorrhagic viral disease with a high case fatality rate. It is considered a reemerging infectious disease of remarkable importance. During the last outbreaks in Angola (2015-2016) and Brazil (2016-2017), many cases of YF emerged despite high YF vaccination coverage, increasing the risk of major epidemics in the Americas. Several factors, including the vast border and mi...

A cause for concern?

J ust to add to the recent concern over heading soccer balls and the risk of chronic brain injury, another study has just appeared that raises new fears. In a paper published in Brain, Chio and his colleagues from Italy reported that there was an increased risk of developing motor neurone disease (MND) amongst Italian soccer players. In this retrospective cohort study, there were five diagnosed...

Yellow Fever Vaccination: An Issue for Non-endemic Tropical Countries

Walter Reed (1851-1902): on the cause of yellow fever.

BEGINNINGS Born in Belroi, Virginia on September 13, 1851, Walter Reed was the youngest of five children. His was a religious family; his father, Lemuel Sutton Reed, was a Methodist minister and his mother, Pharaba White Reed, was a staunch Christian. At age 14, he began two years of serious study under former Confederate Army Lieutenant William Richardson Abbot, who instilled in the young man ...

Yellow fever.

1MD, Infectious Disease Specialist, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sociedade Brasileira de Infectologia. MSc in Medicine – Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP). PhD in Medicine – Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, FMUSP. Fellow American College of Physicians, São Paulo, SP, Brazil 2MD, Infectious Disease Specialist, Hospital Israelit...