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SUBMITTER: Johansson MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4632853 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Johansson Michael A MA Vasconcelos Pedro F C PF Staples J Erin JE
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 20140630 8
<h4>Background</h4>Like many infectious agents, yellow fever (YF) virus only causes disease in a proportion of individuals it infects and severe illness only represents the tip of the iceberg relative to the total number of infections, the more critical factor for virus transmission.<h4>Methods</h4>We compiled data on asymptomatic infections, mild disease, severe disease (fever with jaundice or hemorrhagic symptoms) and fatalities from 11 studies in Africa and South America between 1969 and 2011 ...[more]