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Name: | Yellow fever |
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Description: | Yellow fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease. The virus is part of the Flaviviridae family.The yellow fever virus is transmitted by the bite of female mosquitos (the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, and other species) and is found in tropical and subtropical areas in South America and Africa, but not in Asia. The only known hosts of the virus are primates and several species of mosquito. |
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