Yellow Fever
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Yellow fever is so-named because jaundice from the disease turns the skin and eyes a yellow colour. Yellow fever is reportable to the World Health Organization. The virus that causes yellow fever is spread by mosquitoes, and belongs to the Flaviviridae family of viruses - the same family as West Nile Virus and Dengue Fever. Although it is endemic in Africa and South America, yellow fever does not occur in Canada. In the ten-year period from 1999 through 2008, only one travel-related case was reported to the BC Centre for Disease Control. |
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Last Updated: March 15, 2012