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Yellow Fever Vaccine Birmingham

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• Yellow fever is a serious viral infection thats
  spread by a type of daytime biting mosquito known
  as the Aedes Aegypti mosquito.
• It can be prevented with a vaccination.
• Yellow fever mainly occurs in sub-Saharan Africa
  (countries to the south of the Sahara desert),
  South America and in parts of the Caribbean.
• Since 1996, six travellers from Europe and North
  America have died from the infection. None of
  them were vaccinated.
• Yellow fever carries an 8 risk of death.
• It is called yellow fever because the infection
  targets the liver leading to jaundice yellowing
  of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by
  liver damage.

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Yellow fever vaccination

• There is a vaccination for yellow fever. Some
  countries require proof of vaccination (a
  certificate) against yellow fever before they let
  you enter the country. You should have a yellow
  fever vaccination at least 10 days before your
  travel. This will allow enough time for your body
  to develop protection against the yellow fever
  infection.The yellow fever vaccination is
  recommended for anyone travelling to, or living
  in, areas or countries where yellow fever is a
  problem, and anyone travelling to a country where
  an International Certificate of Vaccination
  against yellow fever is required for entry.

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Certificate of proof

• You can find a list of all the countries that
  require you to have an ICVP in the WHO
  International travel and health guide. You can
  also search the country information on NaTHNaC to
  find out whether the places you are visiting
  require an ICVP.
• If you have been travelling in an at-risk area
  during the past month, it is a good idea to carry
  your certificate with you. This will help avoid
  potential problems with immigration. It is
  possible for travellers without a valid yellow
  fever vaccination certificate to be vaccinated
  and held in isolation for up to 10 days. An ICVP
  is not required for entry into the UK.
• If you lose your certificate, you may be able to
  get another one reissued as long as you have
  details of the vaccination batch number and the
  date you had the vaccination.

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Cost

• Yellow fever vaccine has never been available on
  the NHS service in the UK. It has always been a
  vaccine that has needed to be purchased
  privately.
• For cost please visit our Price page.

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Who should not be vaccinated?

• People who should not have the yellow fever
  vaccination include
• Babies under nine months of age.
• Babies who are six to nine months old should only
  be vaccinated if the risk of getting yellow fever
  during travel isunavoidable
• Pregnant women  unless the risk of yellow fever
  is unavoidable
• Breastfeeding women  unless the risk of yellow
  fever is unavoidable

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• People whose immune systems are lowered
• (immunosuppressed)  such as people with HIV and
  those receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy
• People who are allergic to eggs
• The vaccine contains small amounts of egg
• People who have had a severe allergic reaction
• (anaphylaxis) to a previous dose of the yellow
  fever vaccine
• People who are allergic to any of the ingredients
  in the vaccine
• People who have a condition that affects the
  thymus gland (part of your immune system that is
  located in your upper chest)
• People who are currently very unwell (for example
  with a high fever) this is to avoid confusing
  the diagnosis of your current illness with any
  side effects from the vaccine

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Elderly yellow fever naïve travellers

• Those who have not been previously exposed to the
  vaccine who are 60 years of age or over (unless
  the risk of yellow fever is unavoidable)
• Exemption letters
• In cases where having a yellow fever vaccination
  is not advised, your GP may be able to issue you
  with an exemption letter. The letter should be
  written on headed notepaper and include the
  practice details. It may be accepted by some
  immigration authorities.
• If you are travelling from an area where there is
  a risk of yellow fever without a valid yellow
  fever certificate, immigration officials are
  legally entitled to quarantine you for a period
  of at least seven days at the point of arrival
  into a country.

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Side effects of the vaccine

• After having the yellow fever vaccine, 10-30 of
  people will have mild side effects such as
• Headache
• Muscle pain
• Soreness at the injection site
• Mild fever
• Reactions at the injection site usually occur one
  to five days after being vaccinated, although
  other side effects may last for up to two weeks.
• Rarely, the yellow fever vaccine is associated
  with a neurological condition known as yellow
  fever vaccine-associated neurological disease
  (YEL-AND). Neurological means that it affects the
  nervous system, including the brain and spinal
  cord.
• YEL-AND occurs in around four cases out of every
  million doses given. However, for people who are
  60 years of age or over and yellow fever vaccine
  naïve, the incidence of YEL-AND increases by
  around five times, so in these cases the
  risk-benefit needs to be carefully assessed by
  the doctor or nurse.

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