Sunday 14 June 2009

Yellow Fever

Yellow fever (also called yellow jack, black vomit or vomito negro in Spanish, or sometimes American Plague) is an acute viral disease. It is an important cause of hemorrhagic illness in many African and South American countries despite existence of an effective vaccine. The yellow in the disease name refers to the jaundice that affects some patients .

From Pocket Wikipedia, http://www.free-soft.ro/pocket-wikipedia/

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