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Viral hemorrhagic fever

Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are a group of illnesses that are caused by several distinct families of viruses: Arenavirus, Filoviridae, Bunyaviridae and Flavivirus. Some of these cause relatively mild illnesses, whilst others can cause severe, life-threatening disease. Examples include Lassa fever, Marburg virus, Ebola virus, Bolivian haemorrhagic fever, Korean hemorrhagic fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever and Dengue hemorrhagic fever. more...

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Medicines

The antiviral ribavirin can be used to treat patients with these diseases. PMID 2546248.

Sites of notable outbreaks

Mékambo in Gabon is the site of several outbreaks of ebola hemorrhagic fever.
Orientale, Congo villages of Durba and Watsa were the epicenter of the 1998–2000 outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever.
Uige Province in Angola is the site of world's worst haemorrhagic fever epidemic.

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	Update: management of patients with suspected viral hemorrhagic fever - United States Transmission of viral hemorrhagic fever is rapid, and the standards for treating patients who might have the disease reflect the need to contain the disease ... From Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 6/30/95

	Low diversity of Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever virus, Saudi Arabia, 1994-1999 Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever virus (genus Flavivirus, AHFV) was recently identified as the agent of a viral hemorrhagic fever in Saudi Arabia and characterized ... From Emerging Infectious Diseases, 5/1/05 by Remi N. Charrel

	Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Mauritania From February to August 2003, 38 persons were infected with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus in Mauritania; 35 of these persons were residents ... From Emerging Infectious Diseases, 12/1/04 by Pierre Nabeth

	Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Turkey In 2002 and 2003, a total of 19 persons in Turkey had suspected cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) or a similar viral infection. Six serum ... From Emerging Infectious Diseases, 8/1/04 by S. Sami Karti

	Genetic detection and isolation of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, Kosovo, Yugoslavia - Dispatches Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (C-CHFV) strains were isolated from a fatal case and the attending physician in Kosovo, Yugoslavia. Early, rapid ... From Emerging Infectious Diseases, 8/1/02 by Anna Papa

	First outbreak of dengue hemorrhagic fever, Bangladesh - Dispatches During the first countrywide outbreak of dengue hemorrhagic fever in Bangladesh, we conducted surveillance for dengue at a hospital in Dhaka. Of 176 ... From Emerging Infectious Diseases, 7/1/02 by Mahbubur Rahman

	Hospital-based diagnosis of hemorrhagic fever, encephalitis, and hepatitis in Cambodian children - Research Surveillance was conducted for three clinical syndromes (hemorrhagic fever, encephalitis, and hepatitis) in Cambodian children admitted to the National ... From Emerging Infectious Diseases, 5/1/02 by Y. Meng Chhour

	Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome presenting with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis - Dispatches Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis--which is associated with a variety of infections, malignant neoplasms, autoimmune diseases, and immunodeficiencies--is ... From Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2/1/02 by Je-Jung Lee

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