An outbreak of yellow fever in Brazil has been traced to howler monkeys by scientists from the Adolfo Lutz Institute and the University of Sao Paulo. Researchers conducted a molecular study of the virus in mosquitoes and in dead monkeys, pinpointing the origin of the outbreak to northern Brazil's Para state in A year later. In 2017, the Brazilian Ministry of Health reported outbreaks of yellow fever in areas believed to be low-risk. approximately 1980, a Dutch tourist in Sao Paulo contracted the virus. There have since been reports of tourists contracting the disease in the Rio de Janeiro state.
An outbreak of yellow fever in Brazil has been traced to howler monkeys by scientists from the Adolfo Lutz Institute and the University of Sao Paulo. Researchers conducted a molecular study of the virus in mosquitoes and in dead monkeys, pinpointing the origin of the outbreak to northern Brazil's Para state in approximately 1980. In 2017, the Brazilian Ministry of Health reported outbreaks of yellow fever in areas believed to be low-risk. A year later, a Dutch tourist in Sao Paulo contracted the virus. There have since been reports of tourists contracting the disease in the Rio de Janeiro state.