1.Evaluating the importation of yellow fever cases into China in 2016 and strategies used to prevent and control the spread of the disease
Chao Li ; Dan Li ; Shirley JoAnn Smart ; Lei Zhou ; Peng Yang ; Jianming ou ; Yi He ; Ruiqi Ren ; Tao Ma ; Nijuan Xiang ; Haitian Sui ; Yali Wang ; Jian Zhao ; Chaonan Wang ; Yeping Wag ; Daxin Ni ; Isaac Chun-Hai Fung ; Dexin Li ; Yangmu Huang ; Qun Li
Western Pacific Surveillance and Response 2020;11(2):5-10
Abstract
During the yellow fever epidemic in Angola in 2016, cases of yellow fever were reported in China for the first time. The
11 cases, all Chinese nationals returning from Angola, were identified in March and April 2016, one to two weeks after
the peak of the Angolan epidemic. One patient died; the other 10 cases recovered after treatment. This paper reviews the
epidemiological characteristics of the 11 yellow fever cases imported into China. It examines case detection and disease
control and surveillance, and presents recommendations for further action to prevent additional importation of yellow fever
into China.