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==Prognosis== | ===Prognosis=== | ||
Historical reports have claimed a mortality rate of between 1 in 17 (5.8%) and 1 in 3 (33%).<ref name =Virginia>{{cite web|url=http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/fever-browse?id=N2659002 |title= Mosquito control ends fatal plague of Yellow Fever|accessdate = 2007-06-11 |author=Mauer HB |accessyear=2006 |publisher=etext.lib.virginia.edu}} (undated newspaper clipping)</ref> The [[WHO]] factsheet on yellow fever, updated in 2001, states that 15% of patients enter a "toxic phase" and that half of that number die within ten to fourteen days, with the other half recovering.<ref name=WHOfactsheet>{{cite web |title = WHO Yellow Fever Fact Sheet |url=http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs100/en/ | accessdate = 2007-02-22 }}</ref> | Historical reports have claimed a mortality rate of between 1 in 17 (5.8%) and 1 in 3 (33%).<ref name =Virginia>{{cite web|url=http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/fever-browse?id=N2659002 |title= Mosquito control ends fatal plague of Yellow Fever|accessdate = 2007-06-11 |author=Mauer HB |accessyear=2006 |publisher=etext.lib.virginia.edu}} (undated newspaper clipping)</ref> The [[WHO]] factsheet on yellow fever, updated in 2001, states that 15% of patients enter a "toxic phase" and that half of that number die within ten to fourteen days, with the other half recovering.<ref name=WHOfactsheet>{{cite web |title = WHO Yellow Fever Fact Sheet |url=http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs100/en/ | accessdate = 2007-02-22 }}</ref> | ||
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Natural History, Complications and Prognosis
Prognosis
Historical reports have claimed a mortality rate of between 1 in 17 (5.8%) and 1 in 3 (33%).[1] The WHO factsheet on yellow fever, updated in 2001, states that 15% of patients enter a "toxic phase" and that half of that number die within ten to fourteen days, with the other half recovering.[2]
References
- ↑ Mauer HB. "Mosquito control ends fatal plague of Yellow Fever". etext.lib.virginia.edu. Retrieved 2007-06-11. Unknown parameter
|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) (undated newspaper clipping) - ↑ "WHO Yellow Fever Fact Sheet". Retrieved 2007-02-22.