Yellow fever: Massive open online courses (MOOCs) in the outbreaks era

Ortiz-Martínez, Yeimer

doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2017.03.004

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“…Although the epidemiology and clinical manifestations of YF should be familiar to healthcare workers in endemic countries, where clinical manifestations can overlap with other acute viral haemorrhagic fevers and other etiologies of the febrile syndrome, a rapid spread of misinformation about this harmful disease in social media and a lack of online training for healthcare workers has been reported in the recent outbreak of 2016–2017 in the Americas 5, 6 . In addition to limited health resources, this highlights that early identification could be a challenge in Latin America, as has been observed in the past with Zika and chikungunya virus outbreaks in this region, particularly in countries such as Brazil and Colombia 7, 8 .…”

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Yellow fever in the Americas: the growing concern about new epidemics

2017

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Yellow fever (YF) is a haemorrhagic viral disease with a high case fatality rate. It is considered a reemerging infectious disease of remarkable importance. During the last outbreaks in Brazil (2016-2017), many cases of YF emerged despite high YF vaccination coverage in some areas. However, there are many areas and populations worldwide where vaccination coverage has been low for years (e.g. Nigeria), which increases the risk of major epidemics in such areas, as would be the case in many of the American territories. Several factors, including the vast border and migratory status of Brazil, the widespread distribution of Aedes mosquitoes and the lack of efficient health policies and surveillance systems, favor this complex epidemiological scenario of reemergence. Therefore, mass vaccination of the population at risk, public health awareness and preparedness are urgently needed in this region. This opinion article describes the current global epidemiological situation of YF, focusing especially on the Americas, as well the risk and vulnerabilities in the region that would be of concern for major expansion to other countries apart from Brazil. Also, imported risk from endemic area outside of Americas (i.e. Africa) are of current concern.

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