Surveillance and updates on yellow fever

For 2019, there were no reported cases of yellow fever in the EU/EEA.

For 2018, EU/EEA countries reported 13 travel-related cases of yellow fever. The cases were reported by France (7), Germany (2), Czechia (1), the Netherlands (1), Romania (1) and the United Kingdom(1). The case reported by the Netherlands acquired the infection in Senegal or Gambia. All other cases acquired the infection in Brazil. This was the highest number of yellow fever cases ever reported in the EU/EEA in one year. In the previous four years, only one case was reported: the Netherlands reported an imported case with a travel history to Suriname.

For 2017, EU/EEA countries reported one case of yellow fever. The travel-related case was reported by the Netherlands with exposure in Suriname.

In 2016, there were no reported cases of yellow fever in EU/EEA countries.

In 2015, no cases of yellow fever were reported in EU/EEA countries.