Yellow fever virus vaccine-associated deaths in young women.

New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA. stephen_seligman@nymc.edu

Emerging infectious diseases 2011 Oct

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.