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The vector for Yellow fever is _________ .


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Yellow fever :

  1. Yellow fever is caused by an arbovirus of the flavivirus genus, usually transmitted to humans by the bite of infected mosquitoes.
  2. Symptoms of yellow fever or jaundice appear after 3-6 days of incubation, such as fever, muscle pain, nausea, vomiting, and headache.
  3. Yellow fever is difficult to diagnose initially because a large number of diseases have similar symptoms to yellow fever
  4. Though Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test of blood and urine can detect the virus in the early stages of the disease, and in later stages, an ELISA test is done.

Vector :

  1. It is an organism that does not cause any disease to itself but transmits the disease-causing pathogen from one host to another.
  2. The vector for transmitting yellow fever is the Aedes aegypti mosquito.

Final Answer: Thus, the vector for Yellow fever is the Aedes aegypti mosquito.


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