The changing epidemiology of yellow fever and dengue, 1900 to 2003: full circle?
DJ Gubler�- Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious�…, 2004 - Elsevier
Yellow fever and dengue are old diseases, having caused major epidemics in centuries
past. Both were effectively controlled in the mid 1900s, yellow fever in Francophone Africa
by vaccination and yellow fever and dengue in the Americas by effective control of the
principal urban vector of both viruses, Aedes aegypti. In the last 25 years of the 20th century,
however, there was a resurgence of yellow fever in Africa, and of dengue worldwide. The
factors responsible for this resurgence are discussed, as are current options for prevention�…
past. Both were effectively controlled in the mid 1900s, yellow fever in Francophone Africa
by vaccination and yellow fever and dengue in the Americas by effective control of the
principal urban vector of both viruses, Aedes aegypti. In the last 25 years of the 20th century,
however, there was a resurgence of yellow fever in Africa, and of dengue worldwide. The
factors responsible for this resurgence are discussed, as are current options for prevention�…
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