{"id":1638,"date":"2017-12-02T12:01:17","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T12:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mybiosource.com\/learn\/?p=1638"},"modified":"2023-03-06T17:00:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T17:00:49","slug":"combats-yellow-fever-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybiosource.com\/learn\/combats-yellow-fever-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO combats Yellow Fever in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Table of Contents<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

I. Introduction<\/strong>
\nII. Yellow fever outbreaks in Nigeria, Angola, and the Democratic Republic of Congo<\/strong>
\nIII. Countries at risk of yellow fever<\/strong>
\nIV. Transmission and Symptoms of Yellow Fever<\/strong>
\nV. Prevention and Treatment of Yellow Fever<\/strong>
\nVI. Incubation Time and Affected Organs<\/strong>
\nVII. Control of Transmission in Urban Areas<\/strong>
\nVIII. Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The World Health Organization<\/span>\u2019s International Coordinating Group (ICG) has provided 1.4 million doses of yellow fever<\/span> vaccines for immunization<\/span> campaigns to help Nigeria combat fever outbreaks. The country has suspected over 250+ yellow fever cases and timely provisioning of vaccines to the country is expected to control the spread of yellow fever. <\/em><\/p>\n

Last year, Angola and the Democratic Republic of witnessed yellow fever outbreaks in their respective regions. <\/em>
\nNearly 35 countries in Africa and 13 countries in South America are viewed as the population at risk, according to the WHO. <\/em><\/p>\n

The yellow fever virus is an arbovirus<\/span> of the flavivirus<\/span> genus and is transmitted by mosquitoes, belonging to the Aedes and Haemogogus species. The different mosquito species live in different habitats \u2013 domestic and Jungle.<\/em>
\nYellow fever is spread by infected mosquitoes and the symptoms include fever, headache, jaundice<\/span>, muscle pain, nausea<\/span>, vomiting, and fatigue. <\/em><\/p>\n

A smaller percentage of patients contracting the virus develop severe health issues and almost half of the individuals contracting the virus die within 7 \u2013 10 days. The virus is prevalent in the tropical areas of Africa and South America. <\/em>
\nThe yellow fever is preventable through vaccines. Studies have shown that it is effective 99% within 30 days of vaccination. For those infected with the virus, supportive treatments enhance survival rates and as of now, there are no anti-viral<\/span> drugs for yellow fever. <\/em><\/p>\n

The virus has an incubation time of 3 to 6 days before experiencing symptoms. Usually, liver and Kidney is the most affected organs in the cases of yellow fever. The risk of transmission in urban areas can be controlled by eliminating mosquito breeding sites by applying larvicides to water storage containers. Aedes aegypti<\/span> is the most commonly known vector<\/span> in central and South American countries.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Yellow fever outbreaks in Nigeria, Angola, and the Democratic Republic of Congo III. Countries at risk of yellow fever IV. Transmission and Symptoms of Yellow Fever V. Prevention and Treatment of Yellow Fever VI. Incubation Time and Affected Organs VII. Control of Transmission in Urban Areas VIII. Conclusion The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybiosource.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybiosource.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybiosource.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybiosource.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybiosource.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybiosource.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybiosource.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybiosource.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybiosource.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}