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Yellow fever has that name because about 15% of the cases progress to a toxic phase including liver damage and jaundice. Jaundice causes the skin to turn yellow, hence the name.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoBecause it can cause yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eye.
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∙ 13y agoIt can be called yellow fever because your eyes could turn yellow where it is usually white. Also, it could be called yellow fever because your skin turns pale yellow.
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What is the important problem of the book fever 1793?
a fever called the yellow fever came.
What was the cause of the yellow fever- 1793?
yellow fever is caused by disease carrying mosquitoes called Coquillettidia fuscopennata there are shots you can get to prevent yellow fever in your body but they had not invented it in 1793
What disease killed workers of the panama canal?
Malaria and Yellow Fever killed most workers.
Is yellow fever also called jaundice?
No, jaundice is one of the complications that some people get with yellow fever. Not everybody who gets yellow fiver gets jaundice.
How can you not get yellow fever?
where yellow fever is not there
Is Yellow Fever or Jungle Yellow Fever deadlier?
totz jungle yellow fever
What did Deborah Sampson die from?
she died of a fever called yellow fever on April 27, 1827 when she was 67
What type of cells does yellow fever attack?
Yellow fever is called this because the virus attacks the cells of the liver causing jaundice or yellowing of the skin and the "whites" of the eyes. It also causes severe bleeding. This disease is called a hemorrhagic fever.
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."
Who discoverd yellow fever?
who dicoverd yellow fever?
Is yellow fever viral?
yellow fever is caused by a virus
What type of disease is the yellow fever?
Yellow fever is a virus.
