Could yellow fever outbreak in Brazil be the next Zika? Experts warn may spread to U.S. - TomoNews
SAO PAULO — Two health experts published an essay in the New England Journal of Medicine, highlighting the unusual high number of yellow fever injections in Brazil. The outbreak mostly affect rural areas in the southeastern part of the country. There have been 371 confirmed cases. The virus was primarily spread by forest-dwelling mosquitoes to monkeys. But an increasing number of people in the jungle have been infected, triggering the outbreak. There is concern that some of the infected people will travel to urban areas and spread the virus to city-dwelling Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which are the same species that transmit Zika virus. The mosquitoes could then start spreading the disease in urban areas. “It’s critical that nations have the capacity to quickly detect and control these outbreaks in order to decrease the illness and death and prevent the spread to other locations,” Erin Staples, a medical epidemiologist at the CDC told the Washington Post. According to CNN, the fatality rate for the outbreak is 33% for confirmed cases and 11% for suspected cases. Yellow fever cannot be cured but there is a highly effective vaccine for the virus. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go to / tomonews and become a Patron now TomoNews is now on Patreon and we've got some cool perks for our hardcore fans. TomoNews is your best source for real news. We cover the funniest, craziest and most talked-about stories on the internet. Our tone is irreverent and unapologetic. If you’re laughing, we’re laughing. If you’re outraged, we’re outraged. We tell it like it is. And because we can animate stories, TomoNews brings you news like you’ve never seen before. Visit our official website for all the latest, uncensored videos: http://us.tomonews.com Check out our Android app: http://bit.ly/1rddhCj Check out our iOS app: http://bit.ly/1gO3z1f Get top stories delivered to your inbox everyday: http://bit.ly/tomo-newsletter See a story that should be animated? Tell us about it! Suggest a story here: http://bit.ly/suggest-tomonews Stay connected with us here: Facebook / tomonewsus Twitter @tomonewsus / tomonewsus Google+ http://plus.google.com/+TomoNewsUS/ Instagram @tomonewsus / tomonewsus
