A Belgian traveler who acquired yellow fever in The Gambia

R Colebunders; JL Mariage; JC Coche; B Pirenne; S Kempinaire; P Hantson; A Van Gompel; M Niedrig; M Van Esbroeck; R Bailey; C Drosten; H Schmitz

doi:10.1086/344180

A Belgian traveler who acquired yellow fever in The Gambia

R Colebunders, JL Mariage, JC Coche, B Pirenne, S Kempinaire, P Hantson, A Van Gompel, M Niedrig, M Van Esbroeck, R Bailey, C Drosten, H Schmitz

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A 47-year-old Belgian woman acquired yellow fever during a 1-week vacation in The Gambia; she had never been vaccinated against yellow fever. She died of massive gastrointestinal bleeding 7 days after the onset of the first symptoms. This dramatic case demonstrates that it is important for persons to be vaccinated against yellow fever before they travel to countries where yellow fever is endemic, even if the country, like The Gambia, does not require travelers to be vaccinated.

Original language	English
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	35
Issue number	10
Pages (from-to)	e113-e116
Number of pages	4
ISSN	1058-4838
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/344180
Publication status	Published - 2002

Keywords

B780-tropical-medicine
Travel medicine
Viral diseases
Yellow fever
Case reports
Gambia
Africa-West

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