Physical Prevention

Strategies
Yellow Fever
symptoms

Tayler Ciarasso
Physical symptoms include The number one prevention
sudden onset of fever, chills, strategy is to prevent 11/7/20
severe headache, back pain, mosquito bites.
nausea, vomiting, fatigue
and weakness.

Severe symptoms include

high fever, yellow skin
(Jaundice), bleeding, shock
and organ failure.

Use insect repellent as well

as wearing long sleeves and
Don’t let a
pants bug bite ruin
your trip

The mortality rate of
those who develop a
severe case is 30-60%
Sources:
“Yellow Fever.” Centers for Disease Control
Get vaccinated before and Prevention, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, 15 Jan. 2019,
traveling www.cdc.gov/yellowfever/index.html.

Soteras, Jalil.
Https://Www.who.int/News-Room/Fact-Sh
eets/Detail/Yellow-Fever. WHO/E, 2020.
 Diagnosis
and
Treatment
Diagnosis: Blood tests are
usually taken to identify virus
or antibodies that someone’s
immune system makes against
the viral infection.
Treatment: There isn’t a
current specific antiviral
drug treatment.
There is specific care to treat
liver and kidney failure,
dehydration and improve fever
outcomes
Risk Groups and
Geographic
Considerations
Geographic Considerations:
The virus is found in tropic
and subtropic areas in South
America and Africa. The virus
is a very rare cause of illness
in U.S. travelers in these areas.
Risk Groups: Individuals with
allergies related to eggs,
chicken proteins or gelatin
should not get the
vaccination.
Pathogen
Yellow Fever virus is an
arbovirus of the flavivirus
genus and is transmitted
by mosquitoes, belonging
to the Aedes and
Haemagogus species
Transmission:
➢ Sylvatic (jungle) - Tropical
rainforests, monkeys
➢ Intermediate -
Semi-domestic mosquitoes
➢ Urban - Infected people
transit virus into high
density areas