Yellow fever is a virus carried by mosquitos, usually (but not always) Aedes Aegypti, the same species that transmits dengue fever, chikungunya and Zika. Not all U.S. vaccination clinics carry yellow fever vaccine, so you can look up the nearest one to you here. This outbreak is somewhat different because the states affected are different than where yellow fever is typically transmitted in Brazil. Yellow fever virus has been circulating in Brazil for centuries, so people are at least somewhat familiar with the disease. To what extent should we expect to see other yellow fever outbreaks or other vector-borne disease outbreaks going forward?

Source: Forbes March 22, 2018 15:00 UTC