title: Why immunisation is essential for controlling yellow fever.
abstract: Joyce Skeet outlines the causes of yellow fever and the course of the disease, emphasising the importance of immunisation to control it. She also discusses issues that need to be considered when yellow fever vaccination is provided in primary care.
authors.affiliation: Holbrook Surgery, Horsham, West Sussex.
authors.forename: Joyce
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Skeet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002568:Certification; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D009033:Culicidae / Q000821:virology; D019353:Endemic Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000821:virology; D007565:Jaundice / Q000821:virology; D014195:Travel; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D014611:Vaccination / Q000379:methods; D015004:Yellow Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D022341:Yellow Fever Vaccine
chemical_list: D022341:Yellow Fever Vaccine