Scientists warn that the disease that extends this plague can make the COVID “pale in comparison”

Sunday 11th May 2025 12:57 PM

A new study published in NPJ Viruses magazine alert about the increase in yellow fever cases (FA)a mortal infection transmitted by mosquitoes with a lethality greater than that of the COVID-19, according to the British medium Express.

Population growth in urban environments attached to the increase in international trips are the two factors that, according to scientists, has caused an increase in the number of infected people and, by extension, of risk of infection.

“Unlike other diseases transmitted by mosquitoes, humans infected with the yellow fever virus have high viremia and Effective guestswhich allows interhuman transmission through mosquitoes, ”they say.

Although the condition has not yet been transmitted to the Asia-Pacific region, the studies indicate an increase in its expansion index, what could suppose the beginning of a new world pandemic.

“A yellow fever pandemic in today’s world would cause a devastating public Health crisis that, due to its much greater lethality, The pandemic of COVID-19 compared”, Defend.

A large mortality index

Yellow fever, also known as black vomiting, It causes fever, headaches, muscle pain, nausea and vomiting. In the most serious cases, the infected person can suffer from jaundice (yellow skin and eyes), abdominal pain and even bleeding. The latter, which affects 15% of patients, can occur in the mouth, nose, eyes or even stomach.

According to the World Health Organization, half of the patients entering “toxic phase” They die within seven to ten days. Every year, yellow fever infects about 200,000 people worldwide, killing 30,000 of them.