Robert Seeberger wrote: > >> Is there any real danger that Yellow Fever returns to New Orleans? > > There are plenty of other diseases that might take its place if the > mosquitoes are not effectively controlled. West Nile is all over this > part of the world and we have been dealing with various mosquito borne > encephalitis. > > I'm not aware of any danger from Yellow Fever currently, but I suppose > it is possible. > We had some recent epidemies of "dengue" in Rio; the mosquito [Anopheles aegypti or something like that] that vectors "dengue" is the same that vectors Yellow Fever. But AFAIK we don't have Yellow Fever in Rio for more than 50 years [my grandfather was enlisted in one campaign to erradicate it, in the 1930s, but by then it had already been reduced to minimum levels]
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