Wednesday, 31 March 2021

PRO/AH/EDR> Yellow fever - Americas (06): Trinidad & Tobago

Yellow Fever -- Trinidad & Tobago
Citation: Hill SC, Sahadeo NSD, Gyan L, et al.: Genomic characterisation of sylvatic yellow fever virus epizootic in Trinidad. Virological.org. 2021.
Summary: A non-human primate (red howler monkey; _Alouatta seniculus_) was found positive for yellow fever virus (YFV) in Trinidad in February 2021. This represented the 1st detection of YFV in the country since 2009. Rapid sequencing of the virus genome at the University of the West Indies demonstrated that this outbreak was caused by a

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