Review Article

Is There a Risk of Yellow Fever Virus Transmission in South Asian Countries with Hyperendemic Dengue?

Table 1

Classification of countries with risk of yellow fever transmission [11].

Africa

Countries with risk of yellow fever virus transmission

AngolaEquatorial GuineaMauritania1
BeninEthiopia1Niger1
BurundiGabonNigeria
CameroonThe GambiaRwanda
Central African RepublicGhanaSenegal
Chad1GuineaSierra Leone
Congo, Republic of theGuinea-BissauSudan1
Côte d’Ivoire Kenya Togo
Democratic Republic of the CongoLiberiaUganda
Congo1Mali1

Countries with low potential for exposure to yellow fever virus
Eritrea1Zambia1Tanzania
São ToméSomalia1

South America (countries with risk of yellow fever virus (YFV) transmission)
Argentina1SurinamePanama1
Bolivia1Trinidad and Tobago1Paraguay
Brazil1 Venezuela Peru1
Colombia1French Guiana
Ecuador1Guyana

These countries are not holoendemic (only a portion of the country has risk of yellow fever transmission).