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Acta Médica Costarricense
versión On-line ISSN 0001-6002versión impresa ISSN 0001-6012
Resumen
YGLESIAS-ROSALES, Marvin; RODRIGUEZ-GONZALEZ, Andrea y ROJAS-MONTERO, Manuel. Fiebre amarilla: un peligro latente. Acta méd. costarric [online]. 2005, vol.47, n.3, pp.118-125. ISSN 0001-6002.
Yellow fever is an acute febrile zoonosis, catalogued as a hemorrhagic fever that is potentially deadly. It is caused by an arbovirus and transmitted by an arthropod; there are two known epidemiologic modalities, and it has an endemic area that comprises most of South America and part of the African continent. In Costa Rica the last outbreak of yellow fever was in the fifties. The physiopathology of yellow fever is not well known. Most of the infections are symptomatic and have a high mortality that varies from outbreak to outbreak. The diagnosis is definitely confirmed by serology and although this test isnt performed in Costa Rica, the suspicious samples are sent to Panamanian labs. Taking into consideration its high mortality and the lack of specific treatment, its obvious that the only way to deal with yellow fever is to get rid of the vector and prevention with massive vaccination in endemic areas. Yellow fever continues to be an entity that considerably affects public health in several countries; Costa Rica has quite a few conditions that will ease its appearance and dissemination, thats why this is a disease whichs characteristics are convenient to keep handy
Palabras clave : Arbovirus; yellow fever; zoonosis; haemorragic fever.