Yellow Fever
"Yellow Fever" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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An acute infectious disease primarily of the tropics, caused by a virus and transmitted to man by mosquitoes of the genera Aedes and Haemagogus. The severe form is characterized by fever, HEMOLYTIC JAUNDICE, and renal damage.
| Descriptor ID |
D015004
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.081.980 C02.782.350.250.980 C02.782.417.881
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| Concept/Terms |
Yellow Fever- Yellow Fever
- Fever, Yellow
- Fevers, Yellow
- Yellow Fevers
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