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Yellow fever is a haemorrhagic viral illness transmitted by bites from infected mosquitoes. “Yellow” refers to the skin colour presented by some patients as a consequence of liver swelling.
Yellow fever is an endemic (common) disease in tropical zones of Africa, Central America and South America, and it represents a risk for travellers who go to these areas.
There are around 200,000 cases of yellow fever every year around the world, which cause around 30,000 deaths.
Distribution of Yellow Fever
Yellow fever is endemic in rural areas and cities in sub-saharan Africa and many regions in South America, from Panama to northern Argentina (not including the rest of the Southern Cone), where it is a disease typically found in rural or jungle areas. This disease is not found in other continents.
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