Yellow Fever
No. of Doses: 1, Price per Dose: £65.00
We are a designated Yellow Fever Vaccination Centre and have been authorised by NaTHNaC (as the regulatory body for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland) to administer the yellow fever vaccine in accordance with International Health Regulations (2005).
If you are travelling from Wembley, Stonebridge, Harrow, Northolt, Greenford, Ealing, Notting Hill, Acton, Harlesden, Kensal Green, Kilburn, Kingsbury, Neasden, Queens Park, Sudbury, or Willesden, visit Sands Chemist for your yellow fever vaccine to make your journey fun as well as safe.
What is Yellow Fever?
Yellow fever is a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes, causing a spectrum of illness from mild to severe symptoms.
Yellow fever (YF) is a vaccine-preventable viral infection transmitted predominantly by certain species of day-biting mosquitoes. The YF virus can cause an illness that results in jaundice (yellowing of the skin and eyes) and bleeding, with severe damage to major organs. The death rate is high in those who develop severe disease.
YF is a risk in tropical parts of Africa, South America, eastern Panama in Central America, and Trinidad in the Caribbean. Areas with a risk of YF transmission are countries (or areas within countries) where mosquito species known to transmit the disease are present and where the infection is reported in monkeys and/or humans.
Risk Factors
The risk of contracting YF is determined by the following factors:
-Travel destination
-Intensity of YF transmission in the area to be visited
-Season of travel (most cases in travellers have occurred in the late rainy season to early dry season)
-Duration of travel
-Activities allowing exposure to mosquitoes
-Immunisation status.
To prevent the international spread of yellow fever, under International Health Regulations, countries may require proof of vaccination, recorded in an International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis (ICVP).
Further information is available by reading our Patient Information Leaflet, which we recommend prior to having your yellow fever immunisation.
Prevention
Those visiting YF risk areas should practice meticulous mosquito bite avoidance.
Yellow fever vaccine
A highly effective live YF vaccine is available, and in general, vaccination is recommended for all persons visiting countries where there is a risk of YF virus transmission. Very rarely, yellow fever vaccination is associated with serious adverse reactions. Yellow Fever Certificates are valid 10 days after vaccination and provide lifelong protection in most cases.