`I’m here to talk about yellow fever. Yellow fever is a virus that is spread through mosquito bites. When you travel to places like South America or Africa you need to be careful about things you do and watch out for mosquitos. It usually takes about a week for the symptoms to occur. You can get a vaccine when you go to places like South America or Africa. Yellow is almost like the flu, but way deadlier. There is two stages of yellow fever which is called the toxic phase and the acute phase. The acute phase is nowhere near as bad as the toxic phase. The acute phase will eventually go away, but if you get the toxic phase you will probably die in 7-10 days. I hope you enjoy me talking about yellow fever! Yellow fever is mainly on caused by one …show more content…
Try to avoid mosquitos as much as you can. If you start feeling bad and getting symptoms, call your doctor as soon as possible. DO NOT WAIT! Make sure you get a vaccine if you travel to places like South America or Africa. Thanks for listening to me talk about Yellow Fever! Yellow fever is an interesting topic. You should really check in to it! Humans that usually get the toxic phase die in 7-10 days. People who get the acute phase usually will live. I am going to list some more interesting facts about yellow fever. Some more places that are at risk are Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. This disease is a flu-like disease. This disease is a very dangerous disease. Take precautions before you go there so you don’t get yellow fever. This disease occurs in tropical and subtropical places. Usually 50% of the people that end up getting yellow fever, jaundice will occur. Forty countries have a risk of getting yellow fever. If you don’t get the vaccine when you go to South America or places like africa you get a high chance of getting the disease because its common there. Yellow fever is a very dangerous disease, so don’t hold back on getting the vaccine. Thanks for listening to me talk about a disease called yellow fever. Yellow fever is a very interesting