Serologic assessment of yellow fever immunity in the rural population of a yellow fever-endemic area in Central Brazil

Introduction The yellow fever epidemic that occurred in 1972/73 in Central Brazil surprised the majority of the population unprotected. A clinical-epidemiological survey conducted at that time in the rural area of 19 municipalities found that the highest (13.8%) number of disease cases were pre...

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Main Authors: Vanessa Wolff Machado, Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos, Eliana Vieira Pinto Silva, João Barberino Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2013-04-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822013000200166&lng=en&tlng=en