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JAMA. 2002;287:2499-2500.

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MMWR. 2002;51:324-325

Yellow fever (YF) is a mosquitoborne viral disease that has caused deaths in U.S. and European travelers to sub-Saharan Africa and tropical South America.^1-5 Although no specific treatment exists for YF and the case-fatality rate for severe YF is approximately 20%, an effective vaccine is available.⁶ This report describes a case of fatal YF in an unvaccinated traveler who had returned from a 6-day fishing trip on the Rio Negro west of Manaus in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Because information from some commercial outfitters and travel agents might underestimate health risks, health-care providers and travelers should review vaccination and other traveler's health recommendations from public health agencies.

On return from Brazil on March 10, 2002, a previously healthy man aged 47 years from Texas presented to an emergency department (ED) with a 4-day history of crampy abdominal pain and a 1-day history of fever of 102.8°F (39.3°C) . . . [Full Text of this Article]