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    Yellow fever is a viral disease of typically short duration. [3] In most cases, symptoms include fever, chills, loss of appetite, nausea, muscle pains—particularly in the back—and headaches. [3] Symptoms typically improve within five days. [3]

  2. The yellow fever epidemic of 1793 struck during the summer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the highest fatalities in the United States were recorded. The disease probably was brought by refugees and mosquitoes on ships from Saint-Domingue. It rapidly spread in the port city, in the crowded blocks along the Delaware River.

  3. 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.

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  5. 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.

  6. The rose is a type of flowering shrub. Its name comes from the Latin word Rosa. [1] There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars. The flowers of the rose grow in many different colors, from the well-known red rose or yellow rose and sometimes white or purple rose.

  7. Beginning. References. Yellow fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic disease transmitted by infected mosquitoes. The illness can cause bleeding problems. It is called yellow because it makes the skin and the eyes yellow in color, like jaundice .

  8. Jul 7, 2016 · 3 minutes to read. Yellow fever was one of the most dreaded diseases in South Carolina during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Along with malaria, it helped establish the reputation of the South Carolina lowcountry as a dangerously unhealthy place for whites and was used to justify African slavery.

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