Sentences with phrase «yellow fever cases»

Brazil has been battling an unusually high number of yellow fever cases since December 2016, with at least 326 confirmed cases, including 220 deaths, and hundreds of additional cases under investigation — making it Brazil's worst yellow fever outbreak among humans in decades according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

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«In 2016, we saw the most cases [of yellow fever] in decades,» Duane Gubler, a leading researcher of mosquito - borne diseases at Duke - NUS Medical School, told Vox.

«There are more cases of imported yellow fever [from travelers] in the past two years than in the previous 20 years,» said Duane Gubler, a leading researcher of mosquito - borne diseases at Duke - NUS Medical School.

An additional 10 cases of encephalitis associated with yellow fever vaccine administered to infants aged < 4 months were reported worldwide during the 1950s.

Studies conducted during the early 1950s identified 4 cases of encephalitis out of 1,000 children aged < 6 months vaccinated with yellow fever vaccine.

The precaution follows three cases of yellow fever vaccine — associated neurologic disease in exclusively breastfed babies of vaccinated mothers.

If you have green or yellow mucus, a headache, or a fever it may be a case of sinus infection.

The aggressive yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, has spread most Zika cases.

The minister said first confirmed case of yellow fever happened in 2017, 17 years after the last case in the country.

Brazil recently experienced its worst outbreak of yellow fever in decades, with 792 confirmed cases.

Reducing even some number of bites could help prevent cases of malaria, yellow fever and dengue — all contracted and transmitted via the bite of the female mosquito.

Suspected and confirmed cases of yellow fever by province of reporting, Angola, 5 December 2015 - 22 May 2016.

Yellow fever is endemic in much of Brazil, but this year cases appeared in areas not considered at risk before.

Brazil recently experienced its worst outbreak of yellow fever in decades with hundreds of cases, some just east of Ilha Grande.

Eight of the ten international travelers with confirmed cases of yellow fever acquired the disease on Ilha Grande, a forested island off the Rio de Janeiro coast.

Since January 2018, 10 cases of yellow fever have been confirmed in international travelers visiting Brazil, including four deaths.

«If the worst - case scenario were to come to pass and yellow fever spread in Asia, serious consideration should be given to using a one - tenth dose,» the authors write.

The yellow fever vaccine is itself a living virus that can replicate inside the body and, in very rare cases, cause a disease in which the vaccine virus proliferates in multiple organs, often leading to death.

The WHO's records shows that there were 17 728 cases of yellow fever and 4710 deaths between 1986 and 1990.

But recent years have seen a steady increase in the numbers of yellow fever epidemics, cases and deaths in tropical Africa, one of the disease's two traditional stamping grounds.

In most cases, this means the yellow fever mosquito population would go down, and the Asian tiger mosquito would increase.

Cases of yellow fever, chikungunya and dengue fever might rise as the ideal conditions for the mosquitoes that can carry the viruses become more widespread

PAHO / WHO has been working with member countries for a number of years on vector control and in the coming weeks will convene experts from throughout the Americas to discuss new, more effective and integrated mosquito control strategies that would help reduce not only Zika infections but also cases of dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, and West Nile virus — all of which are spread by mosquitoes and are significant public health problems in the Americas.

Even you might be a bit obsessed with Asians and have «yellow fever» treat your date as an individual case.

Liver problems (including the above symptoms, plus dark urine, yellowing of the gums, skin or eyes), facial itching resulting in scratching or bleeding tendencies Underlying kidney disease may become apparent Rare cases of myasthenia gravis (severely weakened muscles, difficulty swallowing) Unusually tired, fever (temperature over 103ºF), bruising or bleeding If you notice any of these symptoms or anything else unusual, contact your veterinarian Can this drug be given with other drugs?

There are no vaccination required unless you are traveling into the deep jungle, in which case you may need to be vaccinated against yellow fever and others.