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'''Yellow Fever''' is a disease that is caused by a virus, and is common in [[jungle]] environments. It is transmitted through infected mosquitoes. Once aquired, most patients survive, although a significant portion die. Either way, the victim is never infected again.
'''Yellow fever''' is a disease that is caused by a virus, and is common in [[jungle]] environments in [[Central America]], the [[Caribbean]], [[Africa]], and [[Southeast Asia]]. It is transmitted person to person through infected [[mosquito]]es. Once aquired, most patients survive, although a significant portion (39%) die. Either way, the victim is never infected again.
There is currently no treatment for it, so doctors try to treat the symptoms. <ref>http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/yellowfever/YF_FactSheet.html</ref>
There is currently no treatment for it, so doctors try to treat the symptoms. <ref>http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/yellowfever/YF_FactSheet.html</ref>
Symptoms are fits of shivering, high fever, and an unquenchable thirst: similar to malaria.
During the construction of the [[Panama Canal]], yellow fever came and went in waves, paralyzing the entire community. Other than [[malaria]] and consumption of unripe [[banana]]s, it was one of the worst killers of the people in [[Panama]]. Although for years it had been a threat to the natives, canal workers were especially vulnerable.
Symptoms include fits of shivering, high fever, and an unquenchable thirst: similar to malaria. However yellow fever also causes severe [[vomit]]ing of a distinctively dark color, which is known among the natives as ''vomito''.<ref>http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/vomito</ref>
== See also ==
== See also ==
==References==
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[[Category:Diseases]]
[[Category:Diseases]]