Yellow fever: TYSK (Questions and Answers)
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The book describes how the flavivirus, transmitted through the bite of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, causes this acute viral and systemic disease. It highlights the main risk factor of traveling to regions where yellow fever is common.
Topics include signs such as fatigue, fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, muscle pain, and headaches, as well as complications including jaundice, liver disease, bleeding, vomiting of blood, arrhythmias, bradycardia, seizures, delirium, and coma.
The text also covers albuminuria, heart problems, photosensitivity, and gastrointestinal bleeding. It explains prevention methods, including vaccination, insect repellent, protective clothing, and mosquito nets.
This book will interest students, health science learners, and those studying infectious diseases who want to understand yellow fever, its symptoms, complications, and preventive measures.
