How many people died from yellow fever in 2007?”
Brazil is currently facing an outbreak of yellow fever in endemic areas, that is, in the areas where there is a risk of infection. Yellow fever is a viral hemorrhagic fever borne by infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Patients can be affected by jaundice, hence the name of the disease. According to Centro de Informação em Saúde para Viajantes (Cives), the travelers’ health information center at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian Ministry of Health reported 31 confirmed cases of yellow fever between December 2007 and February 2008. Sixteen people died. All evidence, albeit inconclusive, points to infection in rural areas of the Central-West region. The Yellow Fever Vaccine Yellow fever can be prevented by an effective vaccine that must be taken at least 10 days before entering an endemic area and lasts for 10 years. As the Brazilian Ministry of Health reported to the World Health Organization, none of the people who died in the recent outbreak were immunized against ye
