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    Yellow Fever

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    Author/Creator
    Turner, Randi
    Date
    2012
    Type of Work
    5 p.
    Text
    journal articles
    research articles
    Department
    Biological Sciences
    Program
    Bachelor's Degree
    Rights
    Collection may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. To obtain information or permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Goucher Special Collections & Archives at 410-337-6347 or email archives@goucher.edu.
    Subjects
    Research -- Periodicals.
    Abstract
    Yellow fever is a hemorrhagic fever caused by the yellow fever virus, a positive-sense RNA virus belonging to the genus Flavivirus. The virus is transmitted through the bite of a mosquito, particularly A. aegypti, which reside largely in tropical cities of South America and Africa. Once the mosquito feeds on an infected person and becomes infective, it can transmit the virus for the remainder of its life and even pass it onto its larvae. Yellow fever originated in Africa, but was brought to the Americas during the Slave Trade. With no natural immunity in the American population, the virus ravaged the continents for many years. North America has not experienced an outbreak since 1905, but South America and Africa continue to have regular outbreaks despite widespread prevention and vaccination efforts. Written for Dr. Kjellerup's Microbiology and Immunology course, this review paper assembles from various source with special emphasis on the historical aspect taken from Irwin Sherman's 2007 book: Twelve Diseases that Changed Our World.


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    Goucher College
    1021 Dulaney Valley Road
    Baltimore, MD 21204

    www.goucher.edu

    Contact Information:
    kristen.welzenbach@goucher.edu
    library.goucher.edu/md-soar


    If you wish to submit a copyright complaint or withdrawal request, please email mdsoar-help@umd.edu.