Yellow Fever in Watford

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Yellow Fever in Watford
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Yellow fever describes the symptoms people get
when they are affected by the Yellow Fever i.e
their eyes become yellow (jaundiced) and they
develop a high fever. The disease is caused by a
virus which is transmitted to people after they
are bitten by an infected mosquito. The disease
causes jaundice because of liver damage,
bleeding, fever and can eventually become fatal.
Current fatality rates are around 8-10.
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The Yellow Fever vaccination is highly effective
at stopping the disease from developing. It is
effective from around 10 days following
vaccination. It is however a live vaccine which
is restricted therefore to people whose immune
system is reduced for example those who have
recently had chemotherapy, those on immune
modulating medications and those with HIV whose
CD4 count is below 200.
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As humans can also transfer the disease when they
travel from affected countries to non- affected
countries, an international certificate for
yellow fever vaccination is required for travel
to several countries. The Yellow Fever
certificate comes into effect ten days after
vaccination and now lasts the lifetime. People
who have previously been vaccinated can be
vaccinated again if they lose or misplace their
certificates.
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