Science Alert Yellow fever is a dangerous mosquito-borne virus that, for hundreds of years, has caused sporadic, deadly outbreaks in the tropics of South America, Central America, and Africa.
According to a new perspective from infectious disease specialists and the Yellow Fever Advisory Group, the chances of the virus going global have only increased with each passing decade.
A recent resurgence in yellow fever cases in Africa and the Americas has experts seriously worried about future spread to the Asia Pacific region.
“The world is clearly at high risk for epidemic/pandemic yellow fever,” the international team concludes, led by infectious disease specialist Duane Gubler from the National University of Singapore.