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yellow fever
uncountable noun: Yellow fever is a serious infectious disease that people can catch in tropical countries.

yellow fever in American English
an acute, infectious tropical disease caused by a virus transmitted by the bite of a mosquito (Aëdes aegypti) and characterized by fever, jaundice, vomiting, etc.
noun: an acute, often fatal, infectious febrile disease of warm climates, caused by an RNA virus transmitted by a mosquito, esp Aedes aegypti, and characterized by liver damage and jaundice

yellow fever in British English
noun: an acute infectious disease of tropical and subtropical climates, characterized by fever, haemorrhages, vomiting of blood, and jaundice: caused by a virus transmitted by the bite of a female mosquito of the species Aedes aegypti

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