YELLOWFEVER

Yellow fever

Yellow fever, known historically as Yellow Jack, is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease. The virus is a 40 to 50 nm enveloped positive-sense RNA virus, the first human virus discovered and the namesake of the genus Flavivirus.

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yellow fever

Noun

  1. An acute febrile illness of tropical regions, caused by a flavivirus and spread by mosquitoes, characterised by jaundice, black vomit and the absence of urination.
  2. A term used to describe the attraction of a person of non-East Asian descent towards people of East Asian descent.


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