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Yellow fever
This page is medical background from WHO/CDC citations. It is not current-event intelligence.
- Pathogen
- Yellow fever virus
- Transmission
- Aedes and Haemagogus mosquitoes (WHO).
- Incubation
- 3–6 days (WHO).
- Typical symptoms
- Fever, muscle pain, headache; some progress to jaundice and bleeding.
- Treatment
- Supportive care (WHO).
- Vaccine
- Highly effective live vaccine (WHO).
- Historical fatality
- Severe cases can have high fatality (WHO).