A Belgian Traveler Who Acquired Yellow Fever in The Gambia | Zendy

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A Belgian Traveler Who Acquired Yellow Fever in The Gambia

Author(s) -

Robert Colebunders,

J.L. Mariage,

J.-C. Coche,

B. Pirenne,

S. Kempinaire,

Ph. Hantson,

A. Van Gompel,

Matthias Niedrig,

Marjan Van Esbroeck,

Robin L. Bailey,

Christian Drosten,

Herbert Schmitz

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/344180

Subject(s) - yellow fever , medicine , travel medicine , fever of unknown origin , yellow fever vaccine , pediatrics , virology , surgery , virus , pathology

A 47-year-old Belgian woman acquired yellow fever during a 1-week vacation in The Gambia; she had never been vaccinated against yellow fever. She died of massive gastrointestinal bleeding 7 days after the onset of the first symptoms. This dramatic case demonstrates that it is important for persons to be vaccinated against yellow fever before they travel to countries where yellow fever is endemic, even if the country, like The Gambia, does not require travelers to be vaccinated.

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