Yellow Fever Virus Vaccine–associated Deaths in Young Women

Abstract

Yellow fever vaccine–associated viscerotropic disease is a rare sequela of live-attenuated virus vaccine. Elderly persons and persons who have had thymectomies have increased susceptibility. A review of published and other data suggested a higher than expected number of deaths from yellow fever vaccine–associated viscerotropic disease among women 19–34 years of age without known immunodeficiency.

Keywords

• yellow fever
• vaccine
• adverse drug reaction reporting systems
• women
• viruses
• dispatch