Yellow fever may be resurfacing in the United States, thanks to climate change.
The mosquito-borne viral illness decimated southern U.S. cities from 1820 to 1905, and now a new report says it could return to those areas.may turn up in the United States is not known, but historically outbreaks occur in the southern U.S. along ports such as New Orleans, Galveston, Texas, and along the Mississippi River, said study author Dr. Peter Hotez.
While mosquitoes love warm temperatures, they don't do well in droughts and they don't exponentially increase past a certain temperature. Her advice? “If you live in areas where yellow fever is endemic, getting vaccinated makes sense,” Wesson said. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control andrecommends the yellow fever vaccine for people aged 9 months or older who are traveling to or living in areas at risk for yellow fever virus.
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