Hemorrhagic fever
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arthropod borne communicable disease, bioterrorism /chemical warfare, Bunyaviridae, Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, dengue virus, Ebola virus, Flaviviridae, Hantavirus, New World Arenavirus, Tick borne encephalitis virus
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syndrome that occurs in perhaps 20-40 percent of infections by a number of different viruses of the families Arenaviridae, Bunyaviridae, Flaviviridae, Filoviridae, etc; some types of hemorrhagic fever are tick borne, others mosquito borne, and some seem to be zoonoses; clinical manifestations are high fever, scattered petechiae, gastrointestinal tract and other organ bleeding, hypotension, and shock; kidney damage may be severe and neurologic signs may appear.
Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- Marburg hemorrhagic fever is a rare, severe type of hemorrhagic fever which affects both humans and non-human primates.
- DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER is a more virulent form of dengue virus infection and a separate clinical entity.
- FROM THE PUBLISHERDengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever is the most important arboviral disease of humans today.
- Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever is the most serious form of this illness.
- hemorrhagic fever Dictionary hemorrhagic fever n.
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