Yellow Fever in an Unvaccinated Traveler to Peru

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2017 Dec 20;4(4):ofx205. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofx205. eCollection 2017 Fall.

Abstract

We present a case of an unvaccinated traveler who traveled from New York to Peru and contracted yellow fever. He likely acquired the infection while visiting the Amazon River, with a point of exit of Lima, Peru. Our case illustrates the dramatic course that yellow fever may take, as well as the importance of pretravel vaccination.

Keywords: urban transmission; yellow fever; yellow fever virus; zoonotic diseases.