Yellow Fever Today
- a disease transmitted through infected mosquitoes
- Up to 50% of people with yellow fever and no treatment will die
- There is an estimated 200,000 cases of yellow fever, causing 30,000 deaths worldwide each year with 90% in Africa
- The virus is mostly in tropical areas of Latin America and Africa
- The is no specific treatment for yellow fever
- Vaccination is the most important preventive against yellow fever
- a single dose of the vaccination will last a lifetime
- The mosquito usually bites the monkeys and it is spread by monkey to human to person to person
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