yellow fever
Definition
Viral infection spread by infected mosquitoes found in tropical Africa, Caribbean, and South America which causes degeneration of kidney and liver tissues. Its symptoms include back and limb pain, chills, constipation, fever, headaches, internal bleeding, jaundice (hence the name), reduced flow of urine, and vomiting. Some types of yellow fever are fatal. Also called dengue.
yellow fever is in the Material & Occupational Safety subject.
yellow fever appears in the definitions of the following terms: virus and dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane (DDT)
This content can be found on the following page:
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/yellow-fever.html
email to a friend
print this definition
cite this definition
link to this page
