NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews
The Directorate of Epidemiological Surveillance (Dive) of Santa Catarina has reported eight human yellow fever cases this year, including three fatalities. None of the victims were vaccinated.
In addition, Dive announced Friday, the confirmed death of a monkey due to the yellow fever virus in Pedras Grandes, in the South. To date, 137 were confirmed with yellow fever.
All residents of Santa Catarina older than nine months must be immunized. The coverage recommended by the Ministry of Health is at least 95% of this target audience to be immunized. Until the month of October 2021, vaccination coverage in Santa Catarina was 79.57%.
Yellow fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic fever that spreads through the bites of infected mosquitoes.
Symptoms of yellow fever (fever, chills, headache, backache, and muscle aches) develop 3-6 days after infection. About 15% of people infected with yellow fever virus will develop severe illness that can lead to liver disease, bleeding, shock, organ failure, yellowing skin (jaundice), and sometimes death.
There are no medications to treat or cure yellow fever. Yellow fever vaccine is the best protection against this disease.
- Omicron: Previous infection and vaccination will have some ‘stronger than basic’ defense against variant
- Ohio reports first Omicron cases
- Ebola outbreak update: More than 30 days since last positive case
- H5N6 avian influenza in China: Additional human case reported in Guangdong Province
- Omicron in the US: Cases reported in half the states, Most appear to be mild
- Zika virus outbreak in Uttar Pradesh, India prompts CDC travel notice
- Argentina: More Salmonella cases reported in Salta, Nearly half in young children
- Japan Omicron cases rise to 12 after eight new cases confirmed
