Hemorrhagic Fevers
Also called: VHFs
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05/02/2018 04:44 PM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are a group of illnesses caused by four families of viruses. These include the Ebola and Marburg, Lassa fever, and yellow fever viruses. VHFs have common features: they affect many organs, they damage the blood vessels, and they affect the body's ability to regulate itself. Some VHFs cause mild disease, but some, like Ebola or Marburg, cause severe disease and death.
VHFs are found around the world. Specific diseases are usually limited to areas where the animals that carry them live. For example, Lassa fever is limited to rural areas of West Africa where rats and mice carry the virus.
The risk for travelers is low, but you should avoid visiting areas where there are disease outbreaks. Because there are no effective treatments for some of these viral infections, there is concern about their use in bioterrorism.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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- Arenaviridae (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (World Health Organization)Also in Spanish
- Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Filoviridae (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (HFRS) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Lassa Fever (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever (Marburg HF) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Marburg Virus Disease (World Health Organization)
- Need yellow fever vaccine? Plan ahead (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)Also in Spanish
- Rift Valley Fever (RVF) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Yellow Fever (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral
(National Institutes of Health) - ClinicalTrials.gov: Yellow Fever (National Institutes of Health)
- Yellow fever (Medical Encyclopedia)Also in Spanish
- Yellow Fever Vaccine: What You Need to Know (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDFAlso in Spanish
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