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

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Machado, Vanessa Wolff¹  Ministério da Saúde, Belém¹  Universidade de Brasília, Brasília¹  Vasconcelos, Pedro Fernando da Costa¹  Silva, Eliana Vieira Pinto¹  Santos, João Barberino¹ 

关键词: Yellow fever;    Vaccine protection;    Luziânia;    Goiás;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0037-8682-0007-2012

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

IntroductionThe 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 present in the municipality of Luziânia, State of Goiás.

【 授权许可】

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