| [yellow fever epidemic in the extreme north of cameroon in 1990: first yellow fever virus isolation in cameroon]. | some two years ago, suspicious cases of yellow fever (yf) were reported in northern cameroon. a deadly epidemic broke out during the second half of the rainy season (from 15 september to 22 december 1990) with 180 known cases, of which 125 died. the real figures could have been between 5000 and 20,000 cases with between 500 and 1000 deaths. the affected area was within the yellow fever belt, which is situated around latitude 11 degrees north and 14 degrees east. in this mountainous area (altitud ... | 1993 | 8490979 |
| chikungunya outbreak in montpellier, france, september to october 2014. | in october 2014, an outbreak of 12 autochthonous chikungunya cases, 11 confirmed and 1 probable, was detected in a district of montpellier, a town in the south of france colonised by the vector aedes albopictus since 2010. a case returning from cameroon living in the affected district was identified as the primary case. the epidemiological investigations and the repeated vector control treatments performed in the area and around places frequented by cases helped to contain the outbreak. in 2014, ... | 2015 | 25955774 |