Yellow Fever
Description
Yellow fever is an ongoing epidemic in certain regions within africa, mainly the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola.
Causes
Yellow Fever is transmitted through mosquito bites by the species ,Aedes aegypti, which in some cases transmit the virus from primates to humans in more wild/ jungle regions
Symptoms
Symptoms usually appear after 3-6 days
Occurs in two phases:
1st phase"mild": Fever, muscle pain, headache/ backaches, nausea and vomiting
15% of infected suffer from:
2nd phase : jaundice, abdominal pain, vomiting. bleeding from orifices, kidney function worsens
Treatment
No specific treatment, only to treat mild symptoms as they occur(dehydration , fever, infections), half of those that suffer from the 2nd phase will die within 10-14 days .