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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 · Key points. Initial symptoms of yellow fever can include fever, chills, severe headache, back pain, general body aches, nausea, vomiting, fatigue (feeling tired), and weakness. Severe symptoms include high fever, yellow skin or eyes (jaundice), bleeding, shock, and organ failure. If you think you or a family member might have yellow fever, talk ...
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).
May 6, 2024 · The virus is transmitted from animals to humans and among humans by several species of mosquitoes. Yellow fever appears with a sudden onset of fever, chills, headache, backache, nausea, and vomiting. The skin and eyes may appear yellow—a condition known as jaundice and a sign that gives rise to the disease’s popular name.
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Jul 30, 2010 · Yellow Fever Vaccine Booster Doses: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, 2015. MMWR, June 19, 2015; 64 (23);647-650. Read at CDC.gov. View PDF. Yellow Fever Vaccine: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) MMWR, July 30, 2010; 59 (RR07):1-27. Read at CDC.gov.
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.
3 days ago · 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 ...
