Interesting Facts
By: Rachel

1. The last major outbreak in the US was in 1905
2. This disease is sometimes called Yellow Jack or Black Vomit
3. There is an episode called Yellow Fever on the hit TV show Supernatural
   
4. Only female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes have the yellow fever virus
5. This disease is native to Africa, but it was introduced to South America through the slave trade in the 16th century
6. Yellow fever causes an estimated 30,000 deaths every year
7. 90% of infections occur in Africa
8. About 200,000 people are infected with yellow fever every year
9. In the past, yellow fever was viewed as a "biological weapon"
10. The largest Yellow Fever outbreak was in 1793