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    Vallet, Benoit; Antona, Denise; Quet, Fabrice; Herida, Magid; Comolet, Thierry

    The Lancet infectious diseases, January 2018, 2018-01-00, 20180101, Volume: 18, Issue: 1
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    ...we cannot agree that most of the French Guianan population need to be vaccinated against this disease (ie, 200 000 people of a total population of 262 527, according to official estimates).3 In this French overseas territory, vaccination against yellow fever virus has been mandatory since 1967, it is delivered free of charge, and it is widely accessible in public vaccination centres and by private practitioners who are qualified to administer these vaccines. In 2000, a survey5 using random sampling estimated yellow fever vaccine coverage of 80-90% across different age groups and districts in French Guiana. ...France does not communicate these data to WHO and UNICEF.