During an outbreak of yellow fever (YF) in Nigeria in 1986–1987, women at various stages of pregnancy were vaccinated against YF, either because those pregnancies were not known at the time or because they requested vaccination out of fear of acquiring the disease. This offered an opportunity...
Yellow fever vaccination is considered to provide effective long-term immunity. However, yellow fever breakthrough infections in vaccinated patients have been reported. In this systematic review and meta-analysis we aimed to identify and summarise all documented symptomatic yellow fever breakthrough infecti...
Last April, WHO launched the Elimination of Yellow Fever Epidemics (EYE) strategy in Nigeria, as part of a global response to guarantee the protection and containment of yellow fever outbreaks by 2026. On Nov. 22, the government flagged off a large yellow fever vaccination campaign, targeting 2...
Last April, WHO launched the Elimination of Yellow Fever Epidemics (EYE) strategy in Nigeria, as part of a global response to guarantee the protection and containment of yellow fever outbreaks by 2026. On Nov. 22, the government flagged off a large yellow fever vaccination campaign, targeting 2...
The commitment is part of the Eliminate Yellow Fever Epidemics (EYE) in Africa strategy, which was launched by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, Professor Isaac Folorunso Adewole, Nigeria’s Minister of Health and partners at a regional meeting in Abuja, Nigeria on Tuesday ...
Yellow Fever Requirements for passengers entering Egypt ... 3/10/2024 Egypt requirements at Point of Entry: Vaccination certificate is required against yellow fever for travellers to Egypt (9 months or over) in the form of an international vaccination certificate as specified in Annex ...
like all live-virus vaccines, should be avoided during pregnancy. Pregnancy and breastfeeding are precautions to yellow fever vaccine administration because rare cases of in utero or breastfeeding transmission of the vaccine virus have been documented. Refer Table for vaccination precautions and contra...
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Over the course of a 1969 yellow fever outbreak in Nigeria, 103 patients were evaluated. Of these, 14 were aged less than 19 years old. Signs of CNS involvement were described in 25% of the patients during the epidemic and 8 were reported to have suffered generalizedseizures[17]. ...
yellow fever vaccination and likelihood of infection must be considered carefully in pregnant women and people who are immunocompromised.45Yellow fever vaccine contains egg protein; therefore, people with previous anaphylaxis to eggs should not receive the vaccine. The vaccine is only available in the ...