WARNING: Please be aware that individuals 60 years of age and over are at an increased risk of the more severe side effects associated with the yellow fever vaccine. These serious adverse events (vaccine associated neurologic disease (YEL-AND) and vaccine associated viscerotropic disease (YEL-AVD)) occur at a rate of 0.8 cases (YEL-AND) and 0.3 cases (YEL-AVD) for every 100,000 doses of YF vaccine distributed but these rate increases when looking at individuals 60 and over to 2.2 cases for every 100,000 doses distributed for YEL-AND and 1.2 cases for every 100,000 doses distributed for YEL-AVD.
Please discuss with your primary care provider the risks vs the benefits of receiving the yellow fever vaccine as it pertains to your personal health and medical history.