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Modeling the elevated risk of yellow fever among travelers visiting Brazil, 2018.

Yohei SakamotoTakayuki YamaguchiNao YamamotoHiroshi Nishiura
Published in: Theoretical biology & medical modelling (2018)
Travelers from wealthier countries were at elevated risk of yellow fever, allowing us to speculate that travelers' local destination and behavior at high risk of infection are likely to act as a key determinant of the heterogeneous risk of importation. It is advised to inform travelers over the ongoing geographic foci of transmission, and if it appears unavoidable to visit tourist destination that has the history of producing imported cases, travelers must be strongly advised to receive vaccination in advance.
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