Certified Yellow Fever Vaccination Clinic NYC

Travel In Safety & Security

“World travel.” This term brings about visions of safaris, trips on the high seas, expedition and adventure, but most importantly: safe passage. Let the Yellow Fever Clinic NYC be your safe passage as you traverse the globe in these contemporary times.

Yellow fever may sound like something out of a “B” movie, or worse, a plague upon society from days long ago, yet be assured that it is not. The reasons we feel this way is the success of our society in relation to the wider world. On many parts of the planet yellow fever is an illness still suffered by large numbers and—according to the World Health Organization—infects almost a quarter of a million people a year. Out of this number a stupefying 30,000 will die.

Yellow fever is a devastating disease caused by the simple bite of an infected mosquito. If bitten by an infected mosquito, the virus is injected into the bloodstream and can lead to a host of debilitating ailments, including death.

The symptoms of severe infection are chills, high fever and vomiting. The infection is not only deadly—but tricky. After a brief respite where all symptoms disappear, the infection reappears and can cause life-threatening medical problems such as bleeding, liver and kidney dysfunction. The liver dysfunction brings about jaundice, which causes the yellowing of the skin, and hence the name yellow fever.

There is no cure for yellow fever and up to 50% of severely affected persons without treatment will die. Once infected, treatment is symptomatic, meaning it is aimed at the reduction of symptoms to ease the comfort of those infected. According to WHO, the single most respected body of its kind in the world, the most important preventative measure in the fight against yellow fever is the vaccine.

The Travel Clinic of NYC hosts a Yellow Fever Clinic that administers the vaccine in a clean, spacious and professional atmosphere. Anyone traveling to Africa or Central and South America should receive this vaccine to ensure safe passage. The list of countries where the vaccine is suggested numbers over fifty. In order to enter many of these countries, an International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis is required. The yellow Fever Clinic provides just such paperwork.

Do not allow such a threat from the past to hamper your good health in these contemporary times. Call 212-696-5900 to arrange an affordable consultation with a board-certified doctor at the Certified Yellow Fever Clinic or log onto TravelClinicNY.com and ask our staff about the yellow fever vaccine.

* Facts culled from the World Health Organization’s website. WWW.WHO.INT