Key Takeaways
- 2 mosquito species groups (Aedes and Haemagogus/Sabethes) are recognized as key vectors in WHO descriptions of urban vs sylvatic transmission
- Yellow fever virus belongs to the Flavivirus genus (family Flaviviridae), which is an enveloped, single-stranded positive-sense RNA virus
- ≥17 years efficacy observed after yellow fever 17D vaccination in long-term follow-up studies (durability of protection)
- 42% of reported yellow fever cases in Brazil were in people aged 20–59 years in the 2016–2017 epidemic wave (age distribution in Brazilian Ministry of Health report)
- In the 2016–2018 Brazil yellow fever outbreak, Brazil reported thousands of suspected and confirmed cases; cumulative confirmed cases reached the low thousands in national surveillance summaries
- WHO/PAHO guidance uses case definitions that include 3 core categories (suspected, probable, confirmed) for surveillance reporting
- Genomic substitution rates for yellow fever virus estimated around 1e-3 substitutions/site/year in phylogenetic analyses (molecular clock figure)
- Aedes aegypti can transmit yellow fever virus experimentally, supporting the possibility of urban transmission under suitable conditions (vector competence evidence quantified in studies)
- Extrinsic incubation period for Aedes aegypti is typically about 3–7 days depending on temperature (vector transmission timing)
- 600,000 cases and 30,000 deaths are estimated to occur annually from yellow fever (WHO global burden estimate as commonly cited in UN materials).
- In the 2016–2018 Angola outbreak, a modeling and surveillance analysis estimated that the median outbreak size would be 97% higher without vaccination (counterfactual impact on case counts).
- 17 countries in Africa and 13 in the Americas are identified as having risk for yellow fever transmission (country risk footprint count used in regional assessments).
- In a systematic review of yellow fever vaccine effectiveness studies, the overall vaccine effectiveness against confirmed yellow fever was 83.0% (pooled estimate).
- 2.4x higher risk of yellow fever hospitalization was observed in adults with no documented vaccination during one case-control study in a South American outbreak setting (relative risk magnitude).
- 5.5% of travelers to yellow fever–risk countries in one large dataset were seropositive for yellow fever prior to vaccination or prior immunity (baseline immunity fraction in the study cohort).
Fractional Yellow Fever 17D dosing helps stretch vaccine supply, with long lasting protection supported by decades of evidence.
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