Yellow fever

Yellow fever (also called yellow jack, black vomit or sometimes American Plague) is an acute viral disease. It is still an important cause of hemorrhagic illness in several African and South American countries despite existence of an effective vaccine. In the past it was a source of several devastating epidemics. As of 2005, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that yellow fever causes 200,000 illnesses and 30,000 deaths every year in unvaccinated populations.

External links

• Interactive Internet article on the 1855 Yellow Fever Epidemic from Pilot Online, Hampton Roads: a detailed story with maps, slides, and quiz
• WHO site on Yellow Fever
• New Orleans, 1905: Housing Conditions and the Yellow Fever: a case study