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May 15, 2024 · Key points. Yellow fever is caused by a virus primarily spread to people through the bite of infected mosquitoes. Yellow fever virus is maintained in the environment between mosquitoes and non-human primates, like monkeys. If infected, people can spread the virus to mosquitoes and rarely to other people though exposure to infected blood.
May 15, 2024 · Yellow fever virus is spread to people by the bite of an infected mosquito. It is found in tropical and subtropical areas of Africa and South America. Yellow fever is a very rare cause of illness in U.S. travelers. Illness ranges from a fever with aches and pains to severe liver disease with bleeding and yellowing skin and eyes (jaundice).
Yellow fever virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus, similar to dengue, West Nile, and St. Louis encephalitis viruses. The virus is maintained in a cycle between mosquitoes and vertebrate hosts, primarily non-human primates. Humans with yellow fever are infectious to mosquitoes shortly before the onset of fever and up to 5 days after onset.
May 6, 2024 · Yellow fever, acute infectious disease characterized by fever, headache, backache, nausea, and vomiting. The skin and eyes may appear yellow, a condition known as jaundice, giving rise to the disease’s popular name. Yellow fever is caused by a flavivirus. Learn more about its transmission, treatment, and history.
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May 16, 2024 · Tomlinson, W. K. & Perret, J.J. “Jean-Charles Faget and the yellow fever controversy in New Orleans,” Proceedings of the International Congress for the History of Medicine (25th, Quebec, 1976), pages 1361-1373.
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May 12, 2024 · Yellow fever outbreaks are prevalent, particularly in endemic regions. Given the lack of an established treatment for this disease, significant attention has been directed toward managing this ...
Jul 14, 2021 · Around 730 people died of yellow fever that first summer. This disease, which causes symptoms of fever, headache, muscle pain, nausea, vomiting and fatigue, would plague New York City for almost a ...
