Yellow fever

Introduction: Yellow fever

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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:
  • High fever
  • Rapid pulse (briefly)
  • Slow pulse
  • Facial flushing

See full list of 54 symptoms of Yellow fever

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Yellow fever:

• Home Fever Tests
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• Home Flu Tests
• Home Hepatitis Tests
• Home Liver Tests

Medical Textbooks Online about Yellow fever

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2007 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Wrongly Diagnosed with Yellow fever?

• Misdiagnosis of Yellow fever
• Underlying causes of Yellow fever (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Causes of Yellow fever

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More information about causes of Yellow fever:

• Yellow fever as a complication caused by other conditions

Treatments for Yellow fever

• Supportive treatments
• Bed rest
• Fluids
• Salt replacement
• Hospitalization

See full list of 8 treatments for Yellow fever

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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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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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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

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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Medical Guidebooks and Ebooks for Yellow fever

• Icon Health Sourcebook for Yellow fever

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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)

Wiki article about Yellow fever

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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)