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  2. Yellow fever vaccine - Wikipedia

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    Yellow fever vaccine is a vaccine that protects against yellow fever. [4] Yellow fever is a viral infection that occurs in Africa and South America. [4] Most people begin to develop immunity within ten days of vaccination and 99% are protected within one month, and this appears to be lifelong. [4] The vaccine can be used to control outbreaks of ...

  3. 1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic - Wikipedia

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    The recurrences of yellow fever kept discussions about causes, treatment and prevention going until the end of decade. Other major ports also had epidemics, beginning with Baltimore in 1794, New York in 1795 and 1798, and Wilmington and Boston in 1798, making yellow fever a national crisis.

  4. Yellow Fever Commission - Wikipedia

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    The Yellow Fever Commission was a research team of the United States Army which researched treatment for yellow fever. The commission was originally formed as the Reed Commission by Army Surgeon General George Sternberg in 1900. [ 1 ]

  5. Diseases and epidemics of the 19th century - Wikipedia

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    Yellow fever virus. This disease is transmitted by the bite of female mosquito; the higher prevalence of transmission by Aedes aegypti has led to it being known as the Yellow Fever Mosquito. The transmission of yellow fever is entirely a matter of available habitat for vector mosquito and prevention such as mosquito netting. They mostly infect ...

  6. History of yellow fever - Wikipedia

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    The outbreak of yellow fever in Barcelona in 1821. The evolutionary origins of yellow fever are most likely African. [1] [2] Phylogenetic analyses indicate that the virus originated from East or Central Africa, with transmission between primates and humans, and spread from there to West Africa. [3]

  7. Walter Reed - Wikipedia

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    Walter Reed (September 13, 1851 – November 23, 1902) was a U.S. Army physician who in 1901 led the team that confirmed the theory of Cuban doctor Carlos Finlay that yellow fever is transmitted by a particular mosquito species rather than by direct contact.