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Vaccination coverage in the context of the emerging Yellow Fever threat in French Guiana.

Claude FlamandSarah BaillyCamille FritzellSandrine Fernandes PellerinAlhassane ToureNaïssa ChateauMona SaoutSébastien LinaresFabien DuboisLaurent FilleulMirdad Kazanji
Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2019)
Despite the good vaccination coverage against YF in the general population of French Guiana resulting from the compulsory nature of YF vaccination for residents and travelers, there is an urgent need to improve vaccination coverage in vulnerable populations living in the northwestern part of the territory to limit the risk of transmission in the context of the emerging YF threat in South America. Despite the relative rarity of YF and the significant number of infectious and tropical diseases in French Guiana, clinicians should adopt a high index of suspicion for YF, particularly in vulnerable and at-risk populations.
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