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  4. Risk of yellow fever virus importation into the United States from Brazil, outbreak years 2016–2017 and 2017–2018
 
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Risk of yellow fever virus importation into the United States from Brazil, outbreak years 2016–2017 and 2017–2018
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Author(s)
Dorigatti, Ilaria
Morrison, Stephanie
Donnelly, Christl
Garske, Tini
Bowden, Sarah
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Southeast Brazil has experienced two large yellow fever (YF) outbreaks since 2016. While the 2016–2017 outbreak mainly affected the states of Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais, the 2017–2018 YF outbreak primarily involved the states of Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro, the latter two of which are highly populated and popular destinations for international travelers. This analysis quantifies the risk of YF virus (YFV) infected travelers arriving in the United States via air travel from Brazil, including both incoming Brazilian travelers and returning US travelers. We assumed that US travelers were subject to the same daily risk of YF infection as Brazilian residents. During both YF outbreaks in Southeast Brazil, three international airports—Miami, New York-John F. Kennedy, and Orlando—had the highest risk of receiving a traveler infected with YFV. Most of the risk was observed among incoming Brazilian travelers. Overall, we found low risk of YFV introduction into the United States during the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 outbreaks. Decision makers can use these results to employ the most efficient and least restrictive actions and interventions.
Date Issued
2019-12-31
Date Acceptance
2019-12-12
Citation
Scientific Reports, 2019, 9 (1)
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/75608
DOI
https://www.dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56521-9
ISSN
2045-2322
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Journal / Book Title
Scientific Reports
Volume
9
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s) 2019. Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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Medical Research Council (MRC)
Wellcome Trust
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Grant Number
MR/R015600/1
213494/Z/18/Z
MR/K010174/1B
Subjects
0601 Biochemistry and Cell Biology
0299 Other Physical Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
20420
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