- Yellow fever is a viral hemorrhagic disease mediated by the yellow fever virus belonging to the flavivirus family.
- Different distinct prototypes of this virus are found in East and West Africa and South America.
Signs of Yellow-fever
- Fever and occasional chills
- Flu-like symptoms
- Abdominal pain
- Bleeding from the eyes, nose, ears, gums, and stomach
- Presence of blood in vomit, urine, and stool
- Dark brown or tarry stools
- Reduced to complete absence of urine production (anuria)
- Presence of high quantities of protein in the urine (proteinuria or albuminuria)
- Failure of vital organs like the liver, kidney, lungs (advanced stage)
- Unstable mental state