Yellow Fever

Validity - 10 Years          Price - £ 45

  
Disease Fact File   

Summary

Infected mosquitoes spread Yellow fever. Although Yellow Fever still impacts significantly on indigenous people its impact on travellers is minimal because of the effectiveness of the vaccination.

Distribution and Transmission

Yellow fever is present in tropical Africa and South America.

Signs and Symptoms

The main symptoms are fever, jaundice, haemorrhage and renal failure.

Yellow Fever Registered

1st Contact London Travel Vaccination Clinic is a designated Yellow Fever Vaccination Centre: Registration Number UKYFVC2800. Registered with NathNAC (The National Travel Health Network and Centre), which promotes standards in travel medicine, providing travel health information for health professionals and the public. NaTHNaC is funded by the Health Protection Agency.

Additional Information

Yellow Fever vaccination is the only remaining vaccination that is required by the World Health Organisation. This vaccination is documented on a Yellow Fever Certificate. This certificate is required from travellers by some countries before they will let you enter. (If you receive your Yellow Fever injection through us you will be given your official certificate included in the vaccination price). The following table will outline if you require a Yellow Fever Certificate or not.

Category One - The country is infected with Yellow Fever and requires a Yellow Fever Certificate to enter

	Benin		Guyana
	Burkina Faso		Ivory Coast*
	Cameroon*		Liberia
	Central African Republic		Mali *
	Chad		Niger*
	Congo		Panama
	Cote d'Ivoire		Paraguay
	Democratic Republic of the Congo		Rwanda*
	French Guiana		Sao Tome
	Gabon		Principe Surinam Togo*
	Ghana		Zaire

	Bolivia		Kenya*
	Brazil **		Nigeria*
	Colombia		Mauritania*
	Angola ***		Peru
	Antigua ***		Sierra Leone*
	Bolivia		Senegal
	Burundi		Somalia*
	Ecuador		Sudan*
	Ethiopia ***		Tanzania*
	Equatorial Guinea		Uganda*
	Gambia		Venezuala
	Guinea		Zambia
	Guinea Bissau

*If over 1 year old.
** If over 9 months of age.
*** If over 6 months of age.

	Afghanistan		Libya
	Albania ***		Madagascar
	Algeria ***		Madeira *
	Australia*		Malawi
	Bahamas*		Malaysia *
	Belize		Maldives*
	Bhutan		Mauritius *
	Brunei *		Malta **
	Cambodia		Mozambique*
	Cape Verde*		Myanmar*
	Christmas Island *		Namibia*
	Djibouti		Nepal
	Egypt *		Nicaragua*
	El Salvador***		Niue*
	Eritia		Oman
	Fiji †		Pakistan***
	French Polynesia*		Papua New Guinea*
	Greece		Philippines*
	Grenada*		Reunion (France) *
	Guatemala*		St Helena*
	Haiti		St Lucia*
	Honduras*		Seychelles†††
	India††		Singapore*
	Indonesia		Solomon Islands
	Iraq		South Africa*
	Jamaica*		Sri Lanka*
	Jordon*		Swaziland
	Kampuchea		Thailand*
	Kiribati*		Timor (East)
	Kazakhstan		Trinidad
	Laos		Tobago
	Lebanon		Tunisia*
	Lesotho		Yemen Exceptions

*If over 1 year old.
** If over 9 months of age.
***If over 6 months of age.
†If you were in an infected country within 10 days and are over 1 year old.
††If you were in an infected country within 6 days and are over 6 months old.
†††If you were in an infected country within 6 days and over 1 year old.

	Belize is considered endemic by Bangladesh,
	Costa Rica is considered infected by Bangladesh.
	Djibouti is considered endemic by Guinea-Bissau.
	Honduras, Nicaragua and Equatorial Guinea are considered endemic by Bangladesh
	Equatorial Guinea is considered endemic by Egypt, Guinea-Bissau and India.
	Malawi is considered endemic by Bangladesh
	Mauritania is considered endemic by Bangladesh and Guinea Bissau.(Travax, 2002)