Yellow Fever -- Brazil
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Monkey deaths due to yellow fever (YF) in Parana state have increased to 46 from 40 the previous week. According to a report issued by the state secretary of health, no case has been confirmed in humans so far, although 16 suspected cases are being investigated.
Five of the new confirmed monkey cases were from Lapa, in the metropolitan region of Curitiba. This municipality had no previous record of dead monkeys due to YF. Another monkey death due to YF was in Antonio Olinto,
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6948827&promed&0
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