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Yellow fever is a noun.
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WHAT DOES YELLOW FEVER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Yellow fever

Yellow fever, known historically as yellow jack, or yellow plague[1] is an acute viral disease.[2] In most cases symptoms include fever, chills, loss of appetite, nausea, muscle pains particularly in the back, and headaches.[2] Symptoms typically improve within five days.[2] In some people within a day of improving the fever comes back, there is abdominal pain, and liver damage begins causing yellow skin.[2] If this occurs there is also an increased risk of bleeding and kidney problems.[2] The disease is caused by the yellow fever virus and is spread by the bite of the female mosquito.[2] It only infects humans, other primates and several species of mosquito.[2] In cities it is primarily spread by mosquitoes of the Aedes aegypti species.[2] The virus is an RNA virus of the genus Flavivirus.[3] The disease may be difficult to tell apart from other illnesses, especially in the early stages.[2] To confirm a suspected case blood sample testing with PCR is required.[4] A safe and effective vaccine against yellow fever exists and some countries require vaccinations for travelers.

Definition of yellow fever in the English dictionary

The definition of yellow fever in the dictionary is an acute infectious disease of tropical and subtropical climates, characterized by fever, haemorrhages, vomiting of blood, and jaundice: caused by a virus transmitted by the bite of a female mosquito of the species Aedes aegypti Also called: yellow jack, black vomit.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE YELLOW FEVER

yellow archangel
yellow belly
yellow bile
yellow box
yellow brain fungus
yellow brick road
yellow cake
yellow card
yellow cress
yellow flag
yellow gentian
yellow gurnard
yellow jack
yellow jacket
yellow jasmine
yellow jersey
yellow journalism
yellow line
yellow medick
yellow metal

WORDS THAT END LIKE YELLOW FEVER

African swine fever
buck fever
cabin fever
cat-scratch fever
dengue fever
east coast fever
ever
fever
gold fever
haemorrhagic fever
hay fever
jungle fever
Mediterranean fever
Q fever
recurrent fever
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
scarlet fever
spotted fever
spring fever
swine fever
typhoid fever

Synonyms and antonyms of yellow fever in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «yellow fever» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF YELLOW FEVER

Find out the translation of yellow fever to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of yellow fever from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «yellow fever» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

黄热病
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fiebre amarilla
570 millions of speakers

English

yellow fever
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पीले बुखार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحمى الصفراء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

желтая лихорадка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

febre amarela
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হলুদ জ্বর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fièvre jaune
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

demam kuning
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gelbfieber
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

黄熱病
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

황열병
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Demam kuning
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sốt vàng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மஞ்சள் காய்ச்சல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पीतज्वर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sarıhumma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

febbre gialla
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

żółta gorączka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жовта лихоманка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

febra galbena
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κίτρινο πυρετό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geelkoors
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gula febern
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gulfeber
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of yellow fever

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «YELLOW FEVER»

The term «yellow fever» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.564 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about yellow fever

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «YELLOW FEVER»

Discover the use of yellow fever in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to yellow fever and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Yellow Fever
Recounts the history and effects of yellow fever, describes how the disease spreads, and offers information about the treatments and threats in the modern world.
Holly Cefrey, 2002
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Yellow Fever and the South
Margaret Humphreys explores the ways in which this tropical disease hampered commerce, frustrated the scientific community, and eventually galvanized local and federal authorities into forming public health boards.
Margaret Humphreys, 1999
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Yellow Fever, Black Goddess: The Coevolution of People and ...
Explores the evolutionary interaction between microbes and humans through an examination of the growth, struggle to survive, and dissemination of disease-causing protoza, bacteria, and viruses
Christopher Wills, 1996
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Bring Out Your Dead: The Great Plague of Yellow Fever in ...
"A brilliant and model treatment of one of the most macabre incidents in American History."--
J. H. Powell, 1993
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Fever 1793
In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic. 10,000 first printing.
Laurie Halse Anderson, 2000
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Yellow Fever
Tropical nations now prevent epidemic yellow fever levels through vaccination, and travelers to these areas are advised to take precautions. Yellow Fever explores both the historical and epidemiological aspects of this disease.
Brian R. Shmaefsky, 2009
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Yellow Fever: A Deadly Disease Poised to Kill Again
It is sobering to realize there still is no cure for this ancient scourge and vaccinations are not fool proof or without risk. This is a serious wake-up call that needs to be read by anyone with an interest in public safety.
James L. Dickerson
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Epidemic Invasions: Yellow Fever and the Limits of Cuban ...
Yellow fever in Cuba, Mariola Espinosa demonstrates, motivated the United States to declare war against Spain in 1898, and, after the war was won and the disease eradicated, the United States demanded that Cuba pledge in its new ...
Mariola Espinosa, 2009
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An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the ...
Chronicles the yellow fever epidemic of 1973, which centered in Philadelphia. Drawing on first-hand accounts of the epidemic, it includes black-and-white reproductions of period art and facsimiles of newspaper excerpts.
Jim Murphy, 2006
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Yellow Fever: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional: ...
Yellow Fever: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional: 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyPaper™ that delivers timely, authoritative, and intensively focused information about Yellow Fever in a compact format.
‎2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «YELLOW FEVER»

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NDMC to accept online applications for yellow fever vaccines
NEW DELHI: Delhiites travelling to tropical and sub-tropical places in Africa and South America can now apply online for yellow fever vaccination on the website ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
2
Dengue and Yellow-Fever Mosquitoes: Range Moving North
The maps also include the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, which also carries those viruses and is likely to spread easily in urban areas worldwide. «Nature World News, Jul 15»
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10 Minute Test Diagnoses Ebola, Dengue, Yellow Fever
Ebola is continuing to infect people in the West Africa, but current testing techniques for the disease still take too much time. A new paper strip diagnostic device ... «Medgadget.com, Feb 15»
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Breakthrough in Managing Yellow Fever Disease
Yellow fever causes severe loss of lymphocytes,” said Ilhem Messaoudi, an associate professor of biomedical sciences in the UC Riverside School of Medicine, ... «UCR Today, Nov 14»
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More Yellow Fever Mosquitoes Found in San Diego County
More “yellow fever mosquitoes” have been found in San Diego County, this time in Chula Vista where a man was bitten by one of them. The rare mosquito was ... «NBC 7 San Diego, Oct 14»
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Yellow Fever Mosquitoes Found in SD County
Four Aedes aegypti mosquitoes – known as “yellow fever mosquitoes” – were found in offices on Naval Base San Diego, according to county environmental ... «NBC 7 San Diego, Oct 14»
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Virus-transmitting 'yellow fever' mosquitoes discovered in LA County
Known as yellow fever mosquitoes, the insects were found Oct. 7 and 8 in Commerce and Pico Rivera, respectively, according to the Greater Los Angeles ... «Los Angeles Times, Oct 14»
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How To Identify Deadly Yellow Fever Mosquito As Invasive Species …
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — With the spread of the deadly Yellow Fever Mosquito Aedes aegypti, discovered for a second time now in Menlo Park, mosquito ... «CBS Local, Apr 14»
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Yellow Fever Mosquitoes Found in Menlo Park
More yellow fever-carrying mosquitoes were found Thursdaynear a Menlo Park cemetery, prompting health officials to deploy traps and tell the public to "avoid ... «NBC Bay Area, Apr 14»
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Saskatoon man tested for viral hemorrhagic fever after trip to Liberia
“Viral hemorrhagic fever is a generic name for a number of rather exotic diseases that ... fever, Lassa fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever and yellow fever. «CTV News, Mar 14»

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