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Psychotherapie & Coaching Lukas Rick・2 minutes read
Yellow fever, transmitted by mosquitoes in tropical areas, is an infectious disease with symptoms such as fever, headache, and jaundice, potentially leading to death in 20% of cases. Diagnosis is clinical, with virological exams needed for mild cases and no specific treatment available.
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- Yellow fever, caused by a virus transmitted by mosquitoes in tropical regions, can lead to severe symptoms like fever, jaundice, and abdominal pain, with a potential fatality rate of 20%.
- Diagnosis of yellow fever relies heavily on clinical observation, with virological tests reserved for milder cases; treatment options are limited, and differential diagnoses encompass diseases like malaria and viral hepatitis.
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The yellow fever virus, transmitted by mosquitoes.
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Yellow Fever: Symptoms, Transmission, and Diagnosis
- Yellow fever is an infectious disease caused by the yellow fever virus, transmitted by mosquitoes in tropical areas of South America and Africa.
- The virus is picked up by female mosquitoes from infected individuals, multiplying in the mosquito's system before being transmitted through bites, leading to symptoms like fever, headache, and jaundice.
- The disease has an incubation period of 3 to 6 days, with a second phase in 15% of cases marked by jaundice, abdominal pain, and bleeding tendencies, potentially fatal in 20% of cases.
- Diagnosis is primarily clinical, with virological examinations necessary for mild cases, and differential diagnoses include malaria, viral hepatitis, and other hemorrhagic fevers, with no specific causal therapy available.
