Late or Lack of Vaccination Linked to Importation of Yellow Fever from Angola to China

Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Jul;24(7):1383-1386. doi: 10.3201/eid2407.171868. Epub 2018 Jul 17.

Abstract

During March and April 2016, 11 yellow fever cases were identified in China. We report epidemic and viral information for 10 of these patients, 6 of whom had been vaccinated before travel. Phylogenetic analyses suggest these viruses nested within the diversity of strains endemic to Angola, where an outbreak began in 2015.

Keywords: Angola; China; IL6; bilirubin; bleeding; hemorrhage; jaundice; kidney; liver enzymes; nucleic acid; oliguria; outbreak; vaccination; viruses; viscerotropic; vomiting; yellow fever.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Angola / epidemiology
  • China / epidemiology
  • Communicable Diseases, Imported / epidemiology*
  • Communicable Diseases, Imported / immunology
  • Communicable Diseases, Imported / prevention & control*
  • Disease Outbreaks* / prevention & control
  • Humans
  • Phylogeny
  • Public Health Surveillance
  • Vaccination*
  • Viral Vaccines / immunology
  • Yellow Fever / epidemiology*
  • Yellow Fever / immunology
  • Yellow Fever / prevention & control*
  • Yellow Fever / virology
  • Yellow fever virus* / classification
  • Yellow fever virus* / genetics
  • Yellow fever virus* / immunology

Substances

  • Viral Vaccines