is there such a thing as savannah fever?

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Possibly. Around 1750 there was a Yellow Fever outbreak in Savannah that caused a lot of deaths. It's possible that for a time in that area the disease was called Savannah Fever, but this is just speculation on my part.

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Only if you live in Georgia

Yellow fever:
Is a viral disease transmitted between humans by the bite of and infective mosquito.

. acute onset fever
. Hepititis (inflammation) of the liver
. Abuminuria (protein in the urine)

followed by a brief remission and then
. recurrence of fever
. Hepatitis
. Albuminuria
. some instances renal (kidney failure )
. shock
. Generalized hemorrhages (bleeding)

who gets it
occurs only in the tropics
1 in the moist savanna zones of the west and central Africa during rainy seasons
2 in urban legends and villages
3 In Jungle regions ( not as often)

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