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Yellow Fever : Facts, Symptoms, Treatment

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Yellow fever is a type of viral disease which can be spread by the bites of certain kinds of mosquitoes. These types of specific mosquitoes and yellow fever diseases are found in areas like Africa and South America located in the tropics and subtropics. The mosquitoes become infected when they bite primates who have the virus.   Usually the yellow fever virus will have various range of symptoms. SOme people with yellow fever virus may not have any symptoms. Symptoms of yellow fever virus can be mild like flu symptoms but it can also have severe symptoms which leads to death. You can also have flu-like symptoms associated with aches, severe pains and high fever or you could have a severe form of bleeding and also develop liver and kidney diseases.  Usually symptoms of yellow fever will appear about 3 to 6 days to develop. Symptoms of yellow fever Typically yellow fever virus will develop quickly with symptoms which occur after the exposure of 3 to 6 days of virus attack. Genera...

What is Zika Virus? And its Causes, Treatment

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  The Zika Virus called ZIKV which is a mosquito-borne disease that is usually transmitted by the bites from certain species of Aedes mosquito, especially  Aedes aegypti. These aedes mosquitoes usually bite in the day, especially during dawn and dusk. In Australia, species like Aedes aegypti can carry zika virus which can be usually found only in the parts of northern Queensland but not any cases of zika virus in Queensland. Usually there are no symptoms  for most people affected by Zika virus, but in one fifth of the cases, Zika virus infection may cause an illness with symptoms like fever, rash, conjunctivitis, sudden headache and muscle and joint pain. Zika virus illness won't be severe and it does not require any hospitalisation. In the past years, zika virus outbreaks have been reported in the areas of tropical Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands. Particularly, zika virus known cases in Australia will be in travellers who are returning from overseas. Ther...

An Infectious Disease: Malaria

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    Malaria fever is an infectious disease which is usually caused by a parasite. Through the bites of an infected mosquito, parasites spread to humans. People who are affected with malaria can feel very sick with high fever and shivering chills. If the malaria is not treated immediately, malaria fever will cause severe health problems like seizures, brain damage, trouble breathing, organ failure and death. World health programs will distribute the preventive drugs and insecticide-treated bed nets to protect from mosquito bites to reduce malaria fever. The World Health Organization suggests a malaria vaccine for children who live in places with high numbers of malaria fever cases. You should carry Protective clothing, bed nets and insecticides with you to protect you while travelling. If you go on a trip to a high risk area, you can take preventive medicines before, after and during the trip. Some malaria parasites developed with resistance to common drugs which are used to tr...