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CHAPTER XI 



DISEASES TRANSMITTED BY CULICIN^E. YELLOW 

 FEVER, DENGUE, BIRD MALARIA, ETC. 



I. YELLOW FEVER. 



Synonyms. Bilious remittent fever. Tropical toxaemic 

 jaundice. Typhus Icteroides. Pestis Americana. Febris Flava. 

 Yellow Jack. Magdalena fever. Fievre Jaune. Gelbfieber. 

 Febbre Gialla. Fiebre Amarilla. Typhus Amaril. Matla- 

 zahuatl. Coup de Barre. 



General account and history. Yellow fever is an acute non- 

 contagious fever, usually characterized by the occurrence of two 

 paroxysms of fever separated by an intermission, and accom- 

 panied by albuminuria, haemorrhages and jaundice. The 

 presence of the latter symptom has give.n rise to the name by 

 which the disease is usually known, but it should be emphasized 

 that this feature is often absent in mild cases. The disease is 

 widely distributed in tropical and subtropical America, and 

 also, according to most authorities, on the West Coast of Africa. 

 It is endemic only in those regions where Stegomyia fasciata 



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