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| | YELLOW FEVER - LoveToKnow Article on YELLOW FEVER |
 | | Specimens were caught, fed upon yellow-fever patients, kept for a fortnight, and then allowed to bite susceptible persons established in a special camp with other susceptible persons as a control. | | | The illness usually starts with languor, chilliness, headache, and muscular pains, which might be the precursors of any febrile attack. | | | Meanwhile the temperature has risen to fever heat, and may reach a very high figure (maximum of 110 Fahr., it is said); the pulse is quick, strong and full, but may not keep up in these characters with the high temperature throughout. |
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| | yellow fever - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about yellow fever |
| | Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context | | | Its symptoms include a high fever, headache, joint and muscle pains, vomiting, and yellowish skin (jaundice, possibly leading to liver failure); the heart and kidneys may also be affected. | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. |
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http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/yellow%20fever
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Yellow fever |
| | Most individuals will recover at this stage, but others may move onto the third, most dangerous stage (intoxication stage) within 24 hours. | | | Early stage: Headache, muscle aches, fever, loss of appetite, vomiting, and jaundice are common. | | | There is no specific treatment for yellow fever. |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001365.htm
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| | Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Yellow fever |
| | After a 3 to 6 day incubation period the typical symptoms that arise are fever, muscle aches, headache and backache. | | | A vaccine for yellow fever was developed which gives a 10-year+ immunity from the disease and effectively protects people traveling to the affected areas whilst being a means to control the disease at the same time. | | | Yellow fever is sometimes used (generally disparagingly) to refer to non-Asian men (usually white) having a sexual fetish for Asian women. |
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http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Yellow_fever
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| | yellow fever on Encyclopedia.com |
| | The severe form of the disease commences with fever, chills, bleeding into the skin, rapid heartbeat, headache, back pains, and extreme prostration. | | | In mild cases only fever and headache may be present. | | | Yellow fever is caused by a virus transmitted by the bite of the female Aedes aegypti mosquito, which breeds in stagnant water near human habitations. |
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http://encyclopedia.infonautics.com/html/y1/yellowfe.asp
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