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Yellow fever (also known as Yellow Jack and Bronze John) is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease. The virus is called yellow fever virus.
It is transmitted by the bite of female mosquitoes and is found in tropical and subtropical areas in South America and Africa. The only known hosts of the virus are primates and mosquitoes. The origin of the disease is most likely to be Africa through the slave trade in the 16th century.
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How did yellow fever become a virus?
Yellow Fever didn't become a virus. It is caused by a virus that causes the skin to look yellow because the liver is damaged.
What type of germ is yellow fever?
Yellow fever is a disease spread by the bite of a female mosquito. The virus that causes Yellow Fever is an RNA virus of the genus Flavivirus.
Name of pathogen that causes yellow fever?
An yellow fever virus causes yellow fever.
What type of microbe causes yellow fever?
A Virus AMI
What is scientific name of yellow fever?
Coquillettidia fuscopennata Why do people answer questions they clearly know nothing about? This is the name of a mosquito, and not even the right one. answer: According to "The Dictionary of Virology" by Brian Mahy, the scientific name for yellow fever is "Flavivirus febricis". its the Flaviviridae family (includes flavivirus, hepacivirus, and pestivirus. -Kiera
Is yellow fever viral?
yellow fever is caused by a virus
What type of disease is the yellow fever?
Yellow fever is a virus.
Is yellow fever virus DNA or RNA?
Yellow fever is a single stranded RNA virus (ssRNA)
Where is the yellow fever virus found?
The yellow fever virus is found mainly in Africa and South America.
Is yellow fever a bacterial viral or parasitic disease?
It cannot spread like a virus and yellow fever is transmitted by the bite of the female mosquitoes of the species Aedes aegypti.
What is the name of virus which causes yellow fever?
flavivirus. There are at least members of this group of virus, two in Africa and two in South America. Yellow fever is a viral disease that is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected mosquitoes. Illness ranges in severity from an influenza-like syndrome to severe hepatitis and hemorrhagic fever. Yellow fever virus (YFV) is maintained in nature by mosquito-borne transmission between nonhuman primates. Transmission by mosquitoes from one human to another occurs during epidemics of "urban yellow fever."
What another name for yellow fever?
If you are looking for the medical terminology for yellow fever, here are some common names for it. 1. Yellow Jack 2. Black Vomit 3. American Plague 4. Vomito Negro (this means Black Vomit in spanish) The virus that causes yellow fever is called ALPHAVIRUS (Genus) which is a RNA virus, in the Family TOGAVIRIDAE.
