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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

  1. 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)
  2. "WHO Yellow Fever Fact Sheet". Retrieved 2007-02-22.


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