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Encyclopedia: Yellow fever

Yellow fever (also called yellow jack, black vomit or vomito negro, or sometimes American Plague) is an acute viral disease.^[1] It is an important cause of hemorrhagic illness in many African and South American countries despite existence of an effective vaccine. The yellow portion of yellow fever refers to the jaundice symptoms that affect some patients.^[2]

Yellow fever has been a source of several devastating epidemics. During the 1802 Haitian Revolution, French soldiers were attacked by yellow fever: More than half of the army perished due to the disease.^[3] Outbreaks followed by thousands of fatalities occurred periodically in other Western Hemisphere locations until research which included human volunteers (some of whom died) led to an understanding of the method of transmission to humans (primarily by mosquitos) and development of a vaccine and other preventative efforts in the early 20th century.

Translations

How to say "Yellow fever" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	黄热病
	(Japanese)	黄熱
	(German)	Gelbfieber
	(Spanish)	Fiebre amarilla
	(French)	Fièvre jaune
	(Italian)	Febbre gialla

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Noguchi Hideyo

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Alexander Godfrey

Alexander Godfrey was born in Chatham, Massachusetts in 1768. In 1791 he married Phoebe West. He was commander of the privateer brig the Rover which defeated a Spanish squadron off the Spanish Main in 1800. He died of yellow fever in Jamaica in 1803. His only child Ruth, who died of burns, is...

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Arbovirus

arboviruses (not complete): Dengue fever Vesicular stomatitis virus West Nile virus Yellow fever...

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Carlos Finlay

Sciences in Havana outlining his theory on weather conditions and the yellow fever disease. Carlos Finlay became famous for his work in identifying the mosquito as a carrier of the deadly yellow fever... control the spread of yellow fever. His work, carried out during the 1870's finally came to...

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Aedes

mosquito transmits, which include dengue and yellow fever...

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Flaviviridae

that infect mammals. The taxon includes the Flavivirus (yellow fever, West Nile virus), Pestivirus (classical swine fever or hog cholera), and Hepacivirus (Hepatitis C) groups. The genome of the...

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List of diseases starting with Y

A list of diseases in the English wikipedia. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Ya-Yd Y chromosome deletions Yaws Ye-Yh Yellow fever Yellow nail syndrome Yersinia pestis disease Yersiniosis Yi-Yl Yim Ebbin syndrome Ym-Yp Yolk sac tumor Yorifuji Okuno syndrome Yoshimura...

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Theodore Judah

mountains. Theodore died of Yellow Fever ( Panama Fever as it was also known ) while taking a boat...

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Flavivirus

virus group Zika virus Yellow fever virus group Banzi virus Bouboui virus Edge Hill virus Jugra virus Saboya virus Sepik virus Uganda S virus Wesselsbron virus Yellow fever virus Viruses not... Kyasanur Forrest disease virus Langat virus Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus Tick-borne encephalitis...

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Edward Ord

yellow fever. Ord is buried in Arlington National Cemetery...

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