yellow fever

noun3

1. •
   An acute febrile illness of tropical regions, caused by a flavivirus (Yellow fever virus) and spread by certain mosquitoes, characterised by jaundice, black vomit and the absence of urination.

   • The town up the road was overcome by yellow fever, he said. All travelers warned away. — 2016
2. •
   (slang, figurative) An attraction to ethnically East Asian men or women, expressed by non-East Asian (especially white European male or white American) people.

   • Your girl want me, we both know / Cause she got yellow fever — 2015
3. •
   (figurative, old-fashioned) A lust for gold; an obsession with seeking gold ore.

   • He's got the yellow fever; Once get the sight of gold and you are poisoned. — 1910