yellow-fever

yellow fever

noun

{bc}an acute infectious disease that is endemic in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical South America, is marked by symptoms (such as fever, muscle pain, and headache) of sudden onset which typically resolve within a few days but are sometimes followed by more serious symptoms (such as jaundice, high fever, and hemorrhage), and is caused by a flavivirus (species {it}Yellow fever virus{/it} of the genus {it}Flavivirus{/it}) transmitted especially by the yellow-fever mosquito

yellow-fever mosquito

noun

{bc}a small dark-colored mosquito ({it}Aedes aegypti{/it}) that is the usual vector of yellow fever