Disease or Syndrome
yellow fever
yel·low fe·ver [ yeh-loh fee-ver ]
Subclass of:
Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral;
Flavivirus Infections;
Arbovirus Infections
Definitions related to yellow fever:
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A disease caused by infection with the yellow fever virus, which is carried by mosquitos. Symptoms include body aches, chills, fever, severe headache, weakness, and a yellow skin color. Bleeding, vomiting, and failure of the liver and other organs may occur in late stages of the disease.NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Acute infectious disease primarily of the tropics, caused by a flavivirus and transmitted to humans by mosquito vectors.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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An acute infectious disease primarily of the tropics, caused by a virus and transmitted to man by mosquitoes of the genera Aedes and Haemagogus. The severe form is characterized by fever, HEMOLYTIC JAUNDICE, and renal damage.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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An infection that is caused by the yellow fever virus, which is transmitted to humans by mosquitoes; the signs and symptoms range from a mild febrile illness to liver damage with jaundice and bleeding.NICHD Pediatric TerminologyU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Yellow fever (YF), caused by YF virus, is a zoonotic disease characterized by fever and constitutional symptoms, with the potential to progress to severe and fatal viral hemorrhagic fever with shock and multi-organ system failure.OrphaNetINSERM, 2021
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(yellow fever virus infection) A viral infection caused by a flavivirus called yellow fever virus. It is transmitted to humans from infected mosquitoes. The signs and symptoms range from a mild febrile illness to liver damage with jaundice and hemorrhages.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Yellow fever is a mosquito-borne flavivirus infection endemic in tropical South America and sub-Saharan Africa. Symptoms may include sudden onset of fever, relative bradycardia, headache, and, if severe, jaundice, hemorrhage, and multiple organ failure. Diagnosis is with viral culture, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction...Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
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Yellow fever is one of many causes of viral hemorrhagic fever. It is a member of the flavivirus family (group B arbovirus).WebMD, 2019
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A viral hemorrhagic fever caused by a flavivirus transmitted by the Aedes or Haemagogus mosquito. It is endemic in South America, the Caribbean, and Africa, and has been resurging in the last 2 decades. The clinical disease is variable, ranging from a nonspecific viral illness to hemorrhagic fever and death.Athenahealth, Inc., 2019
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Yellow fever, acute infectious disease, one of the great epidemic diseases of the tropical world, though it sometimes has occurred in temperate zones as well. The disease, caused by a flavivirus, infects humans, all species of monkeys, and certain other small mammals. The virus is transmitted from...Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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