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11 Cards in this Set
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What type of disease is Yellow Fever? |
Acute viral |
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How is it transmitted? |
Mosquito bite |
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Genus |
Flavivirus |
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What are the symptoms? |
Fever, chills, loss of appetite, nausea, muscle pains, headaches |
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When do symptoms usually improve? |
5 days |
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What happens if a patient becomes ill again after a day of improvement? |
Abdominal pain, liver damage, jaundice |
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What risk increases if jaundice occurs? |
Bleeding and kidney problems |
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Where did Yellow Fever originate? |
Africa |
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Where did Yellow Fever migrate to and how? |
South America through the slave trade |
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What was it the first of? |
The first human virus ever to be isolated |
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Why are the cases of Yellow Fever rising? |
Fewer immune people, frequent travelling, and changing climate |
