Wednesday, 3 May 2017

PRO/AH/EDR> Yellow fever - Americas (43): Brazil, monkey

Yellow Fever -- Brazil
As fears spread in Brazil over the resurgence of yellow fever, health officials are issuing a warning: stop killing the monkeys.
Some assailants clubbed monkeys to death in panicked reactions to Brazil's most alarming outbreak in decades of a virus that haunted the country in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Authorities found other monkeys dead with fractured skulls after having been being attacked with stones. One monkey was burned to a crisp.
Infectious disease specialists say people

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