A public health risk assessment for yellow fever vaccination: a model exemplified by an outbreak in the state of São Paulo, Brazil

A public health risk assessment for yellow fever vaccination: a model exemplified by an outbreak in the state of São Paulo, Brazil

We propose a method to analyse the 2009 outbreak in the region of Botucatu in the state of São Paulo (SP), Brazil, when 28 yellow fever (YF) cases were confirmed, including 11 deaths. At the time of the outbreak, the Secretary of Health of the State of São Paulo vaccinated one million people, causin...

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Main Authors: Ana Freitas Ribeiro, Ciléa Tengan, Helena Keico Sato, Roberta Spinola, Melissa Mascheretti, Ana Cecilia Costa França, Marcio Port-Carvalho, Mariza Pereira, Renato Pereira de Souza, Marcos Amaku, Marcelo Nascimento Burattini, Francisco Antonio Bezerra Coutinho, Luis Fernandez Lopez, Eduardo Massad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2015-04-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
yellow fever
vaccination
side-effects
mathematical models
optimisation
risk estimation
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