Yellow fever in two unvaccinated French tourists to Brazil, January and March, 2018

Sorbonne Université. Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière. Département des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales. Paris, France.
Consulat général de France à Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Sorbonne Université. Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière. Département des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales. Paris, France.
Centre National de Référence des Arbovirus. HIA Laveran. Marseille, France.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Sorbonne Université. Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière. Département des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales. Paris, France.

Abstract

We report two yellow fever cases in unvaccinated French travellers in Brazil in January and March 2018, respectively; one exposed during an excursion in Minas Gerais and the other in Ilha Grande. Both presented with fever, hepatitis, thrombocytopenia and leucopenia. Yellow fever diagnosis was based on RT-PCR and serological tests. Both patients recovered within a few days. The increasing occurrence of cases in unvaccinated travellers highlights the need to reinforce vaccination recommendation for travellers at-risk.

Keywords in Portuguese

Febre Amarela
viajantes franceses não vacinados
Minas Gerais
Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro

Keywords

Yellow fever
unvaccinated French travellers
Minas Gerais
Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro

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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

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OLIOSI, Emma; et al. Yellow fever in two unvaccinated French tourists to Brazil, January and March, 2018. Euro Surveill., v.23, n.21, pii=1800240, 4p, May 2018.

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1560-7917

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/29467

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