Abstract

The purpose of this talk is to briefly address some highlights about the illness and its burden in relation to travel, new epidemiological aspects, particularly focusing on the Caribbean and South American situation in 2008-9. Conceptual points regarding yellow fever vaccine will be reviewed, focusing specially on severe adverse events described in the last 10 years, which have put the actual vaccine risk/benefit relation under close scrutiny. Some practical situations regarding its indication that could lead to controversy will be also discussed. Abstracts for SupplementInternational Journal of Infectious DiseasesVol. 14Preview Full-Text PDF Open Archive

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