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Acute tropical viral disease, prevalent in
the Caribbean area, Brazil, and on the west
coast of Africa. Its symptoms are a high
fever and yellowish skin (jaundice, possibly
leading to liver failure); the heart and
kidneys may also be affected. Before the
arrival of Europeans, yellow fever was not a
problem because indigenous people had built
up an immunity. The disease was brought under
control after the discovery that it is
carried by the mosquito Aedes aegypti. The
first effective vaccines were produced by Max
Theiler of South Africa, for which he was
awarded the 1951 Nobel Prize for Medicine.