Epidemiology and ecology of yellow fever virus.
Epidemiology and ecology of yellow fever virus.
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DOI:
10.1016/s0065-3527(03)61007-9
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发表时间:
2003-01-01
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通讯作者:
Monath, Thomas P
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作者:
Barrett, Alan D;Monath, Thomas P
Yellow fever (YF) virus has played an important role in the history of animal virology. There are reports of diseases with clinical descriptions similar to YF in 1498 in San Domingo and 1585 in West Africa (Scott, 1939). Subsequently, the first apparent epidemics of YF were recorded between 1647 and 1649 in Barbados, Cuba, and Mexico. The virus was first recognized as a human disease of major public health importance in the eighteenth century with large epidemics reported in both the