Incidence, drivers and global health implications of the 2019/2020 yellow fever sporadic outbreaks in Sub-Saharan Africa - PubMed
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. 2021 Apr 9;79(4):ftab017.
doi: 10.1093/femspd/ftab017.
Idris Nasir Abdullahi 2 , Odunayo O R Ajagbe 3 , Charles Egede Ugwu 4 , Solomon Oloche Onoja 5 , Sharafudeen Dahiru Abubakar 2 , Chikodi Modesta Umeozuru 6 , Olawale Sunday Animasaun 6 , Pius Omoruyi Omosigho 7 , Umar Mukhtar Danmusa 8 , Mala Alhaji Baba Mallam 9 , Maijiddah Saidu Aminu 9 , Hadiza Yahaya 9 , Silifat Oyewusi 9
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- DOI: 10.1093/femspd/ftab017
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Incidence, drivers and global health implications of the 2019/2020 yellow fever sporadic outbreaks in Sub-Saharan Africa
Anthony Uchenna Emeribe et al. Pathog Dis. 2021.
Abstract
The 2019 and 2020 sporadic outbreaks of yellow fever (YF) in Sub-Saharan African countries had raised a lot of global health concerns. This article aims to narratively review the vector biology, YF vaccination program, environmental factors and climatic changes, and to understand how they could facilitate the reemergence of YF. This study comprehensively reviewed articles that focused on the interplay and complexity of YF virus (YFV) vector diversity/competence, YF vaccine immunodynamics and climatic change impacts on YFV transmission as they influence the 2019/2020 sporadic outbreaks in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Based on available reports, vectorial migration, climatic changes and YF immunization level could be reasons for the re-mergence of YF at the community and national levels. Essentially, the drivers of YFV infection due to spillover are moderately constant. However, changes in land use and landscape have been shown to influence sylvan-to-urban spillover. Furthermore, increased precipitation and warmer temperatures due to climate change are likely to broaden the range of mosquitoes' habitat. The 2019/2020 YF outbreaks in SSA is basically a result of inadequate vaccination campaigns, YF surveillance and vector control. Consequently, and most importantly, adequate immunization coverage must be implemented and properly achieved under the responsibility of the public health stakeholders.
Keywords: Sub-Saharan Africa; climatic change; travel health; yellow fever outbreak; yellow fever vaccination.
© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of FEMS.
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