Patient discussions
Travelers and people living in endemic areas need to be instructed in mosquito avoidance and be made aware of the availability, requirements, and risk/benefit ratio of current vaccines. Patients should be advised that, as there are no specific antivirals for yellow fever, symptomatic and supportive care is the only therapy available. Recovered patients should be reassured that the illness confers lasting immunity and no case of reinfection has been documented.
Travelers should consult the latest travel notices before traveling to endemic areas or areas of outbreak:
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