YELLOW FEVER


Meaning of YELLOW FEVER in English

Pathol.

an acute, often fatal, infectious febrile disease of warm climates, caused by an RNA virus transmitted by a mosquito, esp. Aedes aegypti, and characterized by liver damage and jaundice. Also called yellow jack .

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