“Sleep tight; do not let the bed bugs bite!” Seriously, if your bed happens to be South American or African region; do not let them bite! An infected mosquito can inject an individual with the West Nile Virus, Malaria, and the most harsh, lesser known, Yellow Fever. Each year, Yellow Fever infect an predictable 200,000, and kills over 30,000.
Yellow fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease transmitted by impure mosquitoes. The reason it is called “yellow fever” is because the yellow effect some people skill during the symptom of jaundice. The infection, incubates in the body for up to 6 days, which is closely followed by two phases of symptoms. The first stage, attacks an individuals body inside. The majority toxic phase, or the 2nd phase is only experienced by 15% of people. During this period, an individual’s symptoms evolve from an internal stage to an external.
This virus is an arbo virus of the flavi virus type. The prime carrier of this genus is the mosquito. This virus can journey from host to host through a bite or contact; primarily between monkeys and humans. Yellow fever symptoms In the early phase, patients will suffer a fever, muscle pain, back aches, head aches, shivers, loss of appetite and vomiting. The symptoms of the first phase mainly disappear within 3 to 4 days, for all but, 15% of the patients. These unlucky 15%, experience the most violent stage.
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