YELLOW FEVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow fever mean? 

• YELLOW FEVER (noun)
  The noun YELLOW FEVER has 1 sense:

1. caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito

  Familiarity information: YELLOW FEVER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YELLOW FEVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

black vomit; yellow fever; yellow jack

Hypernyms ("yellow fever" is a kind of...):

infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)

 Context examples 

Mosquitoes carry and spread several serious diseases, including dengue, malaria, chikungunya, yellow fever, and Zika.

(Novel insecticide blocks mosquitoes’ ability to urinate, NIH)

They had one child, but the yellow fever broke out badly in the place, and both husband and child died of it.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Of course we're on the alert as our neighbor state has just seen an outbreak, but there is no evidence of yellow fever in our state,” he said.

(Aedes mosquitoes almost impossible to eradicate, says Brazilian researcher, Agência Brasil)

Scientists from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (IOC/FIOCRUZ) have identified eight genetic mutations in the yellow fever virus from the 2017 outbreak.

(Brazil scientists find mutations in yellow fever virus, Agência Brasil)

Because they feed on insects, amphibians also control vectors of diseases such as zika, chikungunya, yellow fever and others transmitted by mosquitoes.

(Deadly fungal disease ‘caused greatest biodiversity loss ever recorded’, SciDev.Net)

Over the last decade, the programme has released Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes – the main vector of dengue, Zika, chikungunya and yellow fever — in several cities around the world

(Bacteria-infected mosquitoes slash dengue cases, SciDev.Net)

These include the Ebola and Marburg, Lassa fever, and yellow fever viruses.

(Hemorrhagic Fevers, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

The Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits Zika, dengue and chikungunya as well as yellow fever, lays eggs on damp surfaces and small bodies of stagnant water.

(Thyme oil and corn starch prove deadly for mosquito larvae, SciDev.Net)

ddhCTP may be able to inhibit all flaviviruses, a class of viruses that includes Zika as well as dengue, West Nile, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis and hepatitis C.

(Scientists Discover How Antiviral Gene Works, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Flaviviruses include dengue virus, Zika virus, West Nile virus, yellow fever virus, Powassan virus and several other viruses.

(Tick salivary glands can be a tool to study virus transmission and infection, National Institutes of Health)