A framework to assess the risk of yellow fever emergence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Yellow fever (YF) is a viral hemorrhagic fever transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Symptoms range from mild fever to severe complications such as jaundice and haemorrhages, which can be fatal. Martinique, a French island in the Caribbean, has remained YF-free since 1908. However, the reintroduction of A. aegypti in the 1970s, the limited scope of mandatory vaccination-currently required only for international travellers to endemic areas-and increased connectivity to YF-endemic regions heighten its vulnerability. To inform local preparedness activities, we assessed the risk of YF emergence, defined as introduction and establishment, by looking at vector competence of local native species of A. aegypti in Martinique.

Methods

We developed a framework to evaluate

SUBMITTER: Perlant C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12491664 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature