Yellow Fever -- Worldwide/Unknown
The following information is meant for countries at risk from importation of yellow fever virus from East Africa.
They are countries that have seasonal outbreaks of dengue, or endemic dengue, due to _Aedes aegypti_, because that mosquito also transmits urban yellow fever.
This airline map shows where international flights go from Entebbe, Uganda . The most concerning are those that end in India, with its huge population. If it lands there and spreads, there will never be enough vaccine
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/1Nup4Lg
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