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Clinic Yellow Identify Disease 30 Year Old Missionary Recently Returned

Yellow fever, a Flavivirus infection, presents with high fever, headache, abdominal pain, an enlarged liver, jaundice, and vomiting dark blood.

Keltaiseen kuumeeseen, joka on Flavivirus-ryhmän aiheuttama tauti, liittyy korkea kuume, päänsärky, vatsakipu, suurentunut maksa, keltaisuus silmissä ja tumman veren oksentelu.

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A 30-year-old missionary, who recently returned from a trip to South America, comes to the clinic with symptoms of high fever, headache, and back pain. He denies receiving any vaccinations before his travels

Physical examination shows tenderness in all four quadrants of his abdomen, an enlarged liveryellow pigmentation within the conjunctiva with patient vomiting dark-colored blood during his clinic visit. Results of a reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction test are positive
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Flavivirus
Yellow fever

Tags: microbiology

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