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Yellow fever: Introduction
Yellow fever: Yellow fever is a viral disease transmitted between humans by a mosquito. Yellow fever is a very rare cause of illness in travelers, ... more about Yellow fever.
Yellow fever: A viral infection transmitted by mosquito bites which can damage various organs such as the liver, heart, kidney and digestive tract. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Yellow fever is available below.
Symptoms of Yellow fever
- Stage 1: early symptoms with sudden onset lasting about 2-5 days:
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See full list of 54 symptoms of Yellow fever
Home Diagnostic Testing
Home medical testing related to Yellow fever:
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Yellow fever: Complications
Review possible medical complications related to Yellow fever:
- Jaundice
- Hemorrhage
- Blood clotting disorders
- Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Delirium
- Convulsions
- Coma
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Medical Textbooks Online about Yellow fever
- "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)
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- "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)
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- "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
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- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Wrongly Diagnosed with Yellow fever?
- Misdiagnosis of Yellow fever
- Failure to diagnose Yellow fever
- Hidden causes of Yellow fever (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
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Yellow fever: Medical Mistakes
Misdiagnosis and Yellow fever
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Yellow fever: Research Doctors & Specialists
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Causes of Yellow fever
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Treatments for Yellow fever
- Supportive treatments
- Bed rest
- Fluids
- Salt replacement
- Hospitalization
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See full list of 8 treatments for Yellow fever
Evidence Based Medicine Research for Yellow fever
Medical research articles related to Yellow fever include:
- Immunization in pregnancy
- How long after having a Yellow Fever vaccination ie Stamaril, should the patient wait before getting pregnant?
- How should I manage a non-responder to several courses of hepatitis B who is a health professional?
- 1) General recommendations on immunization: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). 2) Update: recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) regarding administration of combination MMRV va
- Can I give hepatitis A, typhoid and low dose diphtheria, tetanus and polio at the same time?
- Pathogenic flaviviruses.
- Contraindications and special considerations
- more research...»
Click here to find more evidence-based articles on the TRIP Database
Videos for Yellow fever
Hepatitis Overview
Many people with viral hepatitis don't know they are infected. Listen as experts discuss who should be tested and review the causes, prevention...
Hepatitis C Overview
Hepatitis C is called a silent epidemic because many people are unaware they carry this virus of the liver. But experts say hepatitis C is a public...
Hepatitis B Overview
Hepatitis B is a viral infection of the liver often spread through sexual contact. But people are usually unaware they carry the virus. Find out if...
Allergy Basics
What is an allergy and what is it that causes some people to suffer from them? Why do allergies flare up during certain times of the year? Learn...
Patient Surveys for Yellow fever
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Reseach about Yellow fever
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Clinical Trials for Yellow fever
The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Yellow fever include:
- Yellow Fever Virus Vaccine and Immune Globulin Study - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
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Read more about Clinical Trials for Yellow fever
Prevention of Yellow fever
Prevention information for Yellow fever has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Yellow fever.
- Yellow fever vaccination
- Avoid mosquito bites
- See also prevention of mosquito bites
- See also prevention of mosquito-borne diseases
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Read more about prevention of Yellow fever
Statistics for Yellow fever
- Medical statistics for Yellow fever
- Prevalence and incidence statistics for Yellow fever
- Death and Mortality statistics for Yellow fever
- Society statistics for Yellow fever
Yellow fever: Broader Related Topics
- Viral diseases
- Mosquito-borne diseases
- Vaccine-preventable diseases
- Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
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Types of Yellow fever
- Urban yellow fever - usually spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
- Jungle yellow fever - spread by various jungle mosquitos.
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Article Excerpts about Yellow fever
Yellow fever is a viral disease transmitted between humans by a mosquito. Yellow fever is a very rare cause of illness in travelers, but most countries have regulations and requirements for yellow fever vaccination that must be met prior to entering the country. (Source: excerpt from Yellow Fever—Disease and Vaccine: DVBID)
Definitions of Yellow fever:
An acute infectious disease primarily of the tropics, caused by a virus and transmitted to man by mosquitoes of the genera Aedes and Haemagogus. - (Source - Diseases Database)
Caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito - (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Yellow fever is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Yellow fever, or a subtype of Yellow fever,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Yellow fever
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- Statistics about Yellow fever
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- Travel and Yellow fever
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- External links relating to Yellow fever
- JAUNDICE (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
- FEVER, ACUTE (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
- FEVER, CHRONIC (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
- Fever (In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Jaundice (In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Rash with Fever (In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Fever – Cyclic (In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)
- Fever – Recurrent (In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)
- Fever – Unknown Origin (In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)
- Jaundice in Infants – Direct (In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)
- Jaundice in Infants – Indirect (In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)
- Fever – Acute (In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)
- FEVER (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- JAUNDICE (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- Fever (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Jaundice (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Jaundice (A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)
- Fever of Unknown Origin in the United States* (A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)
- Infection and Fever (Complications of HIV) (A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)
- Colorado tick fever (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Lassa fever (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Relapsing fever (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Fever [Pyrexia] (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Jaundice [Icterus] (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Fever (The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter)
- Jaundice (The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter)
- Rash Accompanied by Fever (The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter)
- Jaundice (Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis)
- Fever of Unknown Origin (Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis)
- Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease (Handbook of Diseases)
- Fever (Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series)
- Fever (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Jaundice (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Fever (The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics)
- Jaundice (The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics)
- Fever [Pyrexia] (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- Jaundice [Icterus] (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- FEVER (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- JAUNDICE (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
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