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Malaria - and its cousin, yellow fever - had significant implications during the war and the debilitating consequences of the disease were already certain before the Civil War had started in earnest and well before its final history had been written.
The yellow fever virus is in the genus Flavivirus, in the family Flaviviridae. Yellow fever is transmitted in jungle cycles between non-human primates and mosquitoes in jungles of South America and Africa, and in savannahs of Africa. Humans and monkeys are the principal animals to be infected.his favours epidemics of yellow fever. Infection causes a wide spectrum of disease, from mild symptoms to severe illness and death. The yellow in the name is explained by the jaundice that affects some patients, causing yellow eyes and yellow skin.