Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral
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A group of viral diseases of diverse etiology but having many similar clinical characteristics; increased capillary permeability, leukopenia, and thrombocytopenia are common to all. Hemorrhagic fevers are characterized by sudden onset, fever, headache, generalized myalgia, backache, conjunctivitis, and severe prostration, followed by various hemorrhagic symptoms. Hemorrhagic fever with kidney involvement is HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME. |
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GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics; if renal involvement, dis is probably HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME |
| Previously Indexed: |
specific hemorrhagic fever (1977) |
Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral Categories.
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Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - A highly fatal, acute hemorrhagic fever, clinically very similar to MARBURG VIRUS DISEASE, caused by the EBOLA VIRUS, first occurring in the Sudan and adjacent northwestern (what was then) Zaire. The natural reservoir and mode of transmission of the virus are unknown, but secondary infection is by direct contact with infected blood and other body secretions. (From Dorland, 28th ed) |
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Marburg Virus Disease - An RNA virus infection of rhesus, vervet, and squirrel monkeys transmissible to man. |
Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral Definitions and Terms
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