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The question was asked why I deleted:

[center]:Health Sciences > Medicine > [Infectious Diseases]? > Yellow Fever

from the top of this article. Simple: because that's a classification scheme, and doesn't belong as part of the article itself, which is a fully independent subject. If you want to link to those other subjects, you can do that within the article text itself, or in a "See also" section.

I could argue that sometimes a surfer is taken to a given page by a search engine local or external and he/she might get some hierarchy perspective on the subject as well as some futher searching tip if the page is not the right one. Kpjas

That's roughly the purpose of RulesToConsider/Establish Context. I just don't think relying on one category scheme is a good way to do that. Back-linking to more general subjects--however many there may be--is better. Certainly you'll want to back-link to "disease" and "virus", and we do that. Maybe also to things like "epidemics" from the historical point of view, or to disease categories other than "infectious" (perhaps "hemorragic"?). Those linked subjects can further back-link to "medicine" or "biology" or whatever other topic they like; and those links can change over time as out thinking on the subjects and their categories change. --LDC

[edit] 1793 outbreak

i just finished a paper about the 1793 outbreak that i'm rather proud of and would like to post on wikipedia. it is several pages long, and full of information. i think that it may warrant a separate page rather than being a section here. please visit my talk page and let me know what you think, as the text is too long to post here. anriar

I would suggest that you create an entry for just the 1793 outbreak and link it to this document.--Ceaser (talk) 13:50, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Yellow Fever Moves into the Caribbean

Yellow fever,stacy was here..hahah was an acute infectious disease that was found in tropical Africa and many areas of South America. This virus is found in warm, moist regions. The last outbreak in the United States occurred in New Orleans in 1905. Yellow fever is caused by a virus transmitted by the bite of the female "Aedes aegypti" mosquito, which breeds and survives in stagnant water near humans. One form of the disease called "sylvan" yellow fever, and is transmitted in tropical jungles by other species of mosquitoes that live in the trees of that area. Yellow fever was introduced to the Caribbean by Africans being transported to the islands.

At the end of the 19th cent., yellow fever was highly prevalent in the Caribbean area, and a way of controlling it had to be found. The Panama Canal was being constructed at the time and was at risk for failure. In 1900 it was proved that yellow fever was a mosquito-borne infection. The people succeeded in controlling the disease in the Panama Canal Zone and other areas in that part of the world by taking control of the mosquito populations. They later development an immunizing vaccine and tok strict quarantine measures against unknown vessels coming into the Islands from known or suspected yellow-fever areas. This further aided in the control of the disease.

The disease itself begins suddenly after an incubation period of three to five days. In mild cases only fever and headache may be present. The severe form of the disease commences with fever, chills, bleeding into the skin, rapid heartbeat, headache, back pains, and extreme prostration. Nausea, vomiting, and constipation are common. Jaundice usually appears on the second or third day and at this stage the individual gets an actaully yellow tint to their eyes and skin. After the third day the symptoms tend to go away only to return in the final stage. This stage is more sever then the first, during which there is a tendency to hemorrhage internally and vomit. The patient then lapses into delirium and coma, often followed by death. Although the disease still occurs, it is usually confined to sporadic outbreaks.


[edit] Redundant Information?

Is it me or are the two statements in the article redundant:

  1. There countries also usually have regulations requiring quarantine for people who arrive from yellow fever endemic areas who do not provide evidence of their having being vaccinated against yellow fever. This is because the vector for transmission of yellow fever, the Aedes mosquito, exists in other tropical parts of the world which are not affected by yellow fever and an outbreak could potentially erupt if the disease is inadvertently brought in.
  2. In many countries, visitors who have been to yellow fever endemic areas within the last six months who do not have documentary proof of vaccination to yellow fever are liable for quarantine until they are proven to be clear of yellow fever. This is to prevent the spread of Yellow Fever into a major epidemic

They are separated by only one paragraph, though in different sections. Anyone else think they say the same thing??????????? - Gantry 17:17, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I would like to comment on the first person to propose that yellow fever was caused by mosquitoes. In the latter 1860s, Dr. Samuel Mudd was imprisoned on an island located on the southern tip of Florida. During this time, an outbreak of yellow fever occurred and the prison doctor fell victim to the infection. Dr. Mudd, a prisoner, was asked to take over for the prison doctor and was credited with saving the lives of over 3000 inmates, guards and workers. He proposed fresh air and getting rid of the mosquitoes as he thought they might be a cause of the disease. —Preceding Venvertloh comment added by 12.43.232.130 (talk) 04:35, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jesse W. Lazear

Would it be useful to include a reference to Jesse W. Lazear in the history section? His sacrifice clinched the connection between yellow fever and the insect vector. I am just a lay person, and it would seem that a cite to this episode plus an article by a knowledgeable person on Lazear would enhance this article and WikiPedia. Bill Jefferys 01:02, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Map

German Wikipedia has an interesting map that should be uploaded to Commons. If someone has more time than me ... --Eleassar my talk 21:34, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Earlier Historical Evidence of Yellow Fever Epidemics

Apparently their was a severe Yellow Fever Epidemic in the Sixth Century in Europe. Here are some citations. Most are not appropriate for Wikipedia citation. The first was locked up for subscribers only Oxford Journals!

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Mysteries of Wales

Indirect pointer to Historian Procopius 130-134. Direct one needed

A History of Britain

A Student [User:172.132.32.220|172.132.32.220]] 02:15, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Third link doesn't work, and yes, they need more reliable sources, however, there are great resources on Yellow Fever. KP Botany 22:29, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Added more links above and changed KP Botany's citation to read "third link." 67.8.201.227 23:49, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

What is the likelihood that there were no outbreaks in the historical world from 549 to 1762? While Wikipedia cannot perform original historical research, we can certainly encourage historians to note instances of outbreaks and document them, preferably in credible journals online! We know that bubonic plague has a "repetition rate" and can look for that. Yellow Fever may have had its own cycle time up and down.67.8.201.227 02:40, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

All medical articles i've seen do not consider any yellow fever outbreak before the 16th century, so the byzantine Episode looks somewhat questionable to me. While current research (in particular genetical analysis) seems to support the theory of yellow fever originating in Africa rather than South America and so making an outbreak in Byzantine not completely impossible, i think the evidence might be to sparse to attribute to yellow fever. Maybe someone who has actually access to the Oxford article, could provide some details in particular on what concrete evidence the claim is based or whether it is just a minor speculation. --Kmhkmh 10:11, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Leading cause of women's breast cancer?

There is a sentence in the article that claims that yellow fever is the leading cause of women's breast cancer. Is this true?

[edit] Geography of Yellow Fever

This statement from the Epidemiology section can't be right:

Yellow fever occurs only in Africa, South and Central America, and the Caribbean.

The article specifically mentions Philadelphia and Europe where outbreaks have occurred.

El Zagna 02:30, 2 August 2007 (UTC) Ohh my goshh —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.99.237.191 (talk) 17:58, 12 September 2007 (UTC)


The yellow fever epidemic in Memphis TN in 1878, which killed about 5,000, should be mentioned Cites: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/fever/peopleevents/e_1878.html http://www.cityofmemphis.org/framework.aspx?page=296 and this book http://www.amazon.com/American-Plague-Untold-Epidemic-History/dp/0425212025 The City of Memphis' cite says that the disease "almost destroyed the city." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hanksummers (talk • contribs) 18:28, 14 September 2007 (UTC)