WHO Expert Committee on Yellow Fever
İÇİNDEKİLERCONTENTS Present world status of yellow fever.................... Epidemiology and ecology........................ The Americas............................ Africa............................... The virus............................... Serology................................ Antibody response after natural infection................ Antibody response after vaccination.................. Cross-reactions with other group B viruses............... Interpretation of results in serological surveys.............. Protection conferred by heterologous group B immunity......... Diagnosis of yellow fever........................ Clinical diagnosis.......................... Established methods of laboratory diagnosis............... Recent trends in laboratory methods.................. Vaccines................................ French neurotropic virus vaccine.................... 17D vaccine............................. Vaccination.............................. Objectives.............................. Vaccination at fixed centres...................... Vaccination by mobile teams..................... Vaccination in emergencies...................... Multiple vaccinations in regular programmes.............. Evaluation of vaccination campaigns.................. Vaccination policies......................... Vector control............................. Urban areas............................. Rural areas.............................. Surveillance of yellow fever....................... Surveillance of human beings..................... Surveillance of non-human vertebrates................. Surveillance of vectors........................ Relationship between the vector situation and the risk of yellow fever transmission ............................. Virus transmission.......................... Possible spread of yellow fever beyond the present endemic zones....... The Americas............................ Africa............................... Prevention and control......................... Recommendations........................... Annex I. WHO reference centres for arboviruses with facilities for detailed examination of yellow fever virus................ Annex 2. Use of the viscerotome for post mortem liver sampling......  |
