Yellow Fever and Traveling Athletes: Is Competing in Brazil Safe?
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1 Centro de Educação Física e Desportos (CEFD), Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Espírito Santo (ES), Brasil; CEFD/UFES, Campus Universitário: Av. Fernando Ferrari, 514, Goiabeiras, Vitória (ES), CEP: 29075810, Brazil. 2 Departamento de Fisiologia, Universidade Federal de Säo Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo (SP), Brasil; Departamento de Fisiologia/UNIFESP: Rua Botucatu, 862, 5o andar, Ed. Ciências Biomédicas, Vila Clementino, São Paulo (SP), CEP: 04023-900, Brazil. 3 Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo (SP), Brasil; Escola Paulista de Enfermagem UNIFESP: Rua Napoleão de Barros, 754, 2o andar, São Paulo (SP), CEP: 04024-002, Brazil. 4 Setor de Fisiologia Humana e do Exercício, Faculdade de Educação Física e Dança, Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia (GO), Brasil; Faculdade de Educação Física e Dança UFG: Avenida Esperança s/n, Campus Samambaia, Goiânia (GO), CEP: 74690-900, Brasil. . Authors submitted their contribution to the article to the editorial board. Accepted for printing in the Journal of Human Kinetics vol. 57/2017 in June 2017. Yellow Fever and Traveling Athletes: Is Competing in Brazil Safe?
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