This virus is called flavivirus. Some symptoms of it are severe infection are high fever, chills, headache, muscle aches, vomiting, and backache. After.

This virus is called flavivirus. Some symptoms of it are severe infection are high fever, chills, headache, muscle aches, vomiting, and backache. After a brief recovery period, favivirus can lead to shock, bleeding, and kidney and liver failure.

Dangerous mosquitoes in Africa and South America infect your skin and give you it.

In Africa: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo,  Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea,  Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

In South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Surinam, Venezuela.

Fun Fact

Yellow fever gets its name from liver failure called jaundice which causes a yellowing of the skin and it whitens the eyes.

People Trying to Help

The World Health Organization is helping to save lives from Yellow Fever

The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) is also trying to help people

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