Sanitise and Control: Symptoms of Yellow Fever

Sanitise and Control

  • Yellow fever has become a dreaded disease in the Americas and Africa.
  • This diseases was more disastrous during the 19thand 20thcentury when cures were not readily available.
  • Some passengers from a shift that left Havana, Cuba carried the fever and spread it in New Orleans (US) after escaping quarantine.
  • This fever spread throughout the Mississippi valley.
  • Nearly 20,000 people died.
  • This disease also resulted in unsanitary conditions in shanties in US cities particularly in towns bordering Mexico.
Sanitise and Control

Symptoms of yellow fever

Symptoms of yellow fever
Sylvatic of yellow fever

Examrace Team at Aug 31, 2021