Yellow fever reemergence in Venezuela – Implications for international travelers and Latin American countries during the COVID-19 pandemic

Alfonso J. Rodríguez-Morales, D. Katterine Bonilla-Aldana, José Antonio Suárez, Carlos Franco-Paredes, David A. Forero-Peña, Salim Mattar, Wilmer E. Villamil-Gómez, Julián Ruíz-Sáenz, Jaime A. Cardona-Ospina, Manuel E. Figuera, Leandro Luis Sierra-Carrero, Alejandro Risquez, Sergio Cimerman, Nereida Valero-Cedeño, Maritza Cabrera, Andrea J. Robaina-Barrios, Luis López-Díaz, Rosa Barbella, Rosa M. Navas, Fredi Díaz-QuijanoYenddy Carrero, Anishmenia Pineda, Maximo O. Brito, Eduardo Savio-Larriera, Marlen Martinez-Gutierrez, Julio Maquera-Afaray, Marco A. Solarte-Portilla, Sebastián Hernández-Botero, Krisell Contreras, Maria Graciela López, Andrés F. Henao-Martinez, Yeimer Ortiz-Martinez, Tânia do Socorro Souza Chaves, Tomas Orduna, Alejandro Lepetic, Alejandra Macchi, Sergio Verbanaz, Cecilia Perret, Sofía Echazarreta, Susana Cristina Lloveras, Viviana Gallego, Juan Carlos Navarro, Alberto Paniz-Mondolfi

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11 Scopus citations
Original languageAmerican English
Article number102192
JournalTravel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume44
DOIs
StateIndexed - 1 Nov 2021
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
A. J. Rodriguez-Morales is the Editor in Chief of Travel Medicine and Infectious Diseases, President of the Colombian Association of Infectious Diseases (ACIN) and Vicepresident of the Latin American Society for Travel Medicine (SLAMVI). M. E. Figuera-Esparza is the President of the Venezuelan Society for Infectious Diseases (SVI). Tânia do Socorro Souza Chaves is the President of SLAMVI. We dedicate this article to the memory of Dr. Manuel Velasco Pernia, Professor of Pharmacology of the Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela, who died from COVID-19 in 2021. Also, to Dr. Angel Minguez, Infectious Diseases Specialist from Argentina, who also died in 2021.

Keywords

  • Latin America
  • Reemerging
  • Vaccines
  • Vector-borne diseases
  • Venezuela
  • Yellow fever
  • Zoonoses

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