Yellow fever – Angola

World Health Organization ^ | April 13, 2016 | WHO

[Smokin' Joe]

Visiting central Africa will be the LAST item on my bucket list.

All that need happen is for someone there to come here, while the disease is still incubating. The skeeters will take care of the rest.

There is a growing list of reasons from West Nile Virus, Zika, Chikungunya, and now Yellow Fever, to declare war on mosquitoes.

That won't wipe out the disease, but it will eliminate a vector or reduce its efficacy.

I reckon Ghana will have Olympic teams in Brazil, and it may come back into the Americas there.

[Smokin' Joe]

From WebMD: Yellow fever is a viral infection transmitted by a bite from infected mosquitoes most commonly found in parts of South America and Africa...so it is apparently in both regions.

[LucyT]

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Bring back DDT.

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[bgill]

Africa. The country that keeps on giving - deadly diseases.

[Tax-chick]

[trisham]

It’s on Amazon for $22.86. Not bad.

Thanks!

[Vendome]

I wouldn’t think to look for Asian Chicks in Angola but, what the hell.

I’ll try anything...

[Tax-chick]

That’s a huge fee. Try an interlibrary loan!

[disndat]

Right. And Malaria.

DDT anyone?

[Smokin' Joe]

I believe the Chinese are heavily in Angola for oil reserves and other mineral wealth.

[Vendome]

I now have purpose.

Just need a pony...

[redgolum]

Near where I grew up, there was a small cemetery that had a lot of yellow fever victims buried in it. At one time, they wanted to remove the cemetery to the main church yard, but the local health board thought it would be to dangerous.