Wednesday, 28 December 2016

PRO/AH/EDR> Yellow fever - Americas (15): Brazil (SP) monkey

Yellow Fever -- Brazil
Epidemiological Surveillance of the Fernandopolis Secretariat of Health received this Mon 26 Dec 2016 confirmation of the 1st case of yellow fever in a monkey this year. The animal was found dead in an urban area of the city on 8 Dec [2016].
The monkey was located between Asilo São Vicente de Paulo and salão Recanto do Tamburi and was sent for laboratory testing at the Instituto Adolfo Lutz.
On Tue 27 Dec 2016, the city initiated a vaccination campaign against the disease. Residents of

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2i8Nv5P

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