Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
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Author: Denise G. Anderson Lecturer, Sarah Salm, Deborah Allen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 25, Problem 8SA
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The areas in which yellow fever persists.
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Yellow fever is a disease caused by yellow fever virus, it is an RNA (ribonucleic acid) virus of the Flavivirus family. It infects only humans, primates, and mosquitoes, where Aedes mosquitoes actas their carrier. It is mostly a disease of the tropical and subtropical region. Yellow fever can result in jaundice.
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