Yellow fever vaccines and international travelers

@article{Barnett2008YellowFV,
  title={Yellow fever vaccines and international travelers},
  author={Elizabeth D. Barnett and Annelies Wilder-Smith and Mary E. Wilson},
  journal={Expert Review of Vaccines},
  year={2008},
  volume={7},
  pages={579 - 587}
}
The growth of air travel has diminished the barriers to the spread of yellow fever, posing a threat to regions that have not previously been reached by the disease but are considered receptive, including the Middle East, coastal East Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Asia and Australia. For many decades, vaccination against yellow fever has been required for travelers entering many countries with receptive mosquito vectors in order to prevent the importation of yellow fever virus from a country… 
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