Responding to the threat of urban yellow fever outbreaks

• Main Authors: Wilder-Smith, Annelies, Monath, Thomas P.
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83601; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42693
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

When in April, 2016, WHO declared the yellow fever epidemic in Angola a global threat, it was because yellow fever appeared in Luanda, the capital city of Angola, causing a rapidly spreading urban outbreak due to the massive movement of people to and from the city and easy access to international ai...