HEMORRHAGIC FEVER Flashcards

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HEMORRHAGIC FEVER includes what?

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Arenaviral hemorrhagic fevers of South America (Junin, Machupo, Guanarito, Sabia hemorrhagic fevers),
Arthropod-borne viral hemorrhagic fevers (e.g., Crimean Congo fever), Omsk Hemorrhagic Fever (OHF), Kyasanur
Forest Disease (KFD), Lassa fever, Luja and Ebola-Marburg viral diseases

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what disease are excluded in hemorrhagic fever?

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Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever
Korean Hemorrhagic Fever
Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (report under Hantavirus),
Chikungunya (report under Encephalitis, Arborvitae),
and Yellow Fever

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a broad category of viral diseases that present with varying degrees of fever, headache, malaise
(i.e. general discomfort or uneasiness), and often a hemorrhagic crisis. The diseases are usually zoonotic, with
transmission via an arthropod bite or aerosolization of virus from infected rodent excreta

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Hemorrhagic Fever

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