Yellow fever in Peru and the americas, the latent risk of redevelopment: an avoidable threat

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  • Cesar Cabezas Sanchez, Instituto Nacional de Salud. Lima, Perú

    https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5120-0713

     

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2025-06-20

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Cabezas Sanchez C. Yellow fever in Peru and the americas, the latent risk of redevelopment: an avoidable threat. Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica [Internet]. 2025 Jun. 20 [cited 2025 Jun. 23];42(2). Available from: https://rpmesp.ins.gob.pe/index.php/rpmesp/article/view/15114