For 10 points, name this mosquito-borne illness responsible for the 1793 Philadelphia epidemic.
A 2013 book subtitled "A Voyage that Changed the Atlantic World" chronicles the journey of a "ship of death" which spread this disease to multiple ports of call. During one epidemic of this disease, the pseudonym "Anthony Benezet" was used in multiple letters urging people to employ black nurses in the mistaken belief that blacks were immune to it. (*) Charles Leclerc was felled by this disease, which killed off a majority of the French expedition to retake Haiti from Toussaint Louverture. Building on the work of Cuban doctor Carlos Finlay, Army doctor Walter Reed proved that this disease was not caused by drinking polluted water and used his findings to decrease the transmission of this disease among workers on the Panama Canal. Benjamin Rush was a leading figure in fighting an epidemic of this disease which ravaged the then-capital of the United States. For 10 points, name this mosquito-borne illness responsible for the 1793 Philadelphia epidemic.
A 2013 book subtitled "A Voyage that Changed the Atlantic World" chronicles the journey of a "ship of death" which spread this disease to multiple ports of call.
yellow fever [accept 1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic] 