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1. www.britannica.com › science › yellow-feverYellow fever | Cause, Symptoms, & Treatment | Britannica

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   Aug 16, 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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   Why is it called a yellow jack?

   • Known as “yellow jack” because of the yellow quarantine flag on ships, the disease long terrified people and disrupted trade. Although little was known about the disease, it occurred in an epidemic and endemic form and was associated with ports. In fact, new outbreaks were often accompanied by the arrival of ships [ 11 ].

   Yellow Fever: Origin, Epidemiology, Preventive Strategies and Future

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   Who died from yellow fever?

   • Territorial Governor William C.C. Claiborne contracted the disease in 1804, as did his wife and daughter, both of whom died from it. Five years later, Claiborne lost his second wife to the disease. While small numbers of residents continued to suffer from yellow fever every year, the next major epidemics did not occur until 1811 and again in 1817.

   Yellow Fever in Louisiana - 64 Parishes

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   Why was yellow fever common in the antebellum era?

   • It was also common in the antebellum era to shoot cannons and burn barrels of tar during epidemics in the hope of disrupting the dangerous “miasma” in the air, which was believed to be a source of or contributor to the disease. Yellow fever attacks in Louisiana occurred with less frequency after the Civil War.

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3. wwwnc.cdc.gov › eid › articleYellow Jack—How Yellow Fever Ravaged America and Walter Reed ...

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   Feb 22, 2012 · Yellow fever had ravaged North America for >200 years, bringing death and economic ruin to several major cities. Major Reed designed a series of simple experiments, using human volunteers, which clearly showed that yellow fever was transmitted only by the bite of infected mosquitoes and not by contaminated items or "poison air."

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5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › 1853_yellow_fever_epidemic1853 yellow fever epidemic - Wikipedia

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   The 1853 yellow fever epidemic of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean islands resulted in thousands of fatalities. Over 9,000 people died of yellow fever in New Orleans alone, [1] around eight percent of the total population. [2]

6. 64parishes.org › entry › yellow-fever-in-louisianaYellow Fever in Louisiana - 64 Parishes

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   Feb 9, 2021 · Yellow fever is a viral infection transmitted by the common mosquito, Aedes aegypti. It is spread when a mosquito bites a person infected with the virus and then transmits the disease by biting a new person. Its name comes from the fact that a patient’s skin often, but not always, turns jaundiced.

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7. guides.library.uab.edu › cYellow Fever, Yellow Jack - CAC:Disease in American South ...

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   Aug 15, 2024 · Yellow Fever – Part 1. Step back in time to 1878, to revisit what it was like in Memphis during one of the worst disease outbreaks in history. Learn how Yellow Fever left its mark on the city, and how it still shapes our lives today. Featuring interviews with Kim Bearden (Elmwood Cemetery) and Taylor Hopkins (Mallory-Neely House) <<

8. www.pbs.org › fever-historical-guide-yellow-feverHistorical Guide to Yellow Fever | American Experience | PBS

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   Yellow fever is a virus that is transmitted to humans by particular species of mosquitoes — in North American outbreaks, the Aegis Egyptae. Female mosquitoes with infected parents can be born...

9. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesYellow Fever: Origin, Epidemiology, Preventive Strategies and ...

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   Feb 27, 2022 · Known as “yellow jack” because of the yellow quarantine flag on ships, the disease long terrified people and disrupted trade. Although little was known about the disease, it occurred in an epidemic and endemic form and was associated with ports.