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What are all the disease that are Hemorrhagic Fevers?

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Yellow Fever, Dengue Fever, Chikungunya, Ebola and/or Marburg, Lassa Fever

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What are the causative organisms of Yellow Fever?

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Yellow Fever virus

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What are the most common modes of transmission for Yellow Fever (Yellow fever virus)?

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Biological vector (Aedes mosquito)

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What are the virulence factors for Yellow Fever (Yellow fever virus)?

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Disruption of clotting factors

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How do you culture/diagnose Yellow Fever (Yellow fever virus)?

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ELISA, PCR

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How do you prevent Yellow Fever (Yellow fever virus)?

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Live attenuated vaccine available

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How do you treat Yellow Fever (Yellow fever virus)?

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Supportive

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What are the distinctive features for Yellow Fever (Yellow fever virus)?

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Accompanied by jaundice

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What are the epidemiological features of Yellow Fever (Yellow fever virus)?

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United States: only sporadic cases in travelers; internationally, 200,000 cases annually, 30,000 deaths; 90% of cases in Africa

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What are the causative agents for Dengue Fever?

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Dengue fever virus

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What are the common modes of transmission for Dengue Fever (Dengue fever virus)?

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Biological vector (Aedes mosquito)

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What are the virulence factors for Dengue Fever (Dengue fever virus)?

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Disruption of clotting factors

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How do you culture/diagnose Dengue Fever (Dengue fever virus)?

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Rise in IgM titers

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How prevent Dengue Fever (Dengue fever virus)?

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How do you treat Dengue Fever (Dengue fever virus)?

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Supportive

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What are the distinctive features for Dengue Fever (Dengue fever virus)?

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“Breakbone fever”–so named due to to severe pain in some forms

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What are the epidemiological features of Dengue Fever (Dengue fever virus)?

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United States: only sporadic cases, small outbreaks. Most cases in Puerto Rico, the U.S., Virgin Islands, Samoa, and Guam; internationally, 50-300 million people, infected every year and tens of thousands of deaths occur, mostly among children.

Category A Bioterrorism Agent

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What are the causative agents of Chikungunya?

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Chikungunya virus

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What are the most common modes of transmission for Chikungunya (Chikungunya virus)?

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Biological vector (Aedes mosquito)

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What are the virulence factors for Chikungunya (Chikungunya virus)?

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Disruption of clotting factors

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How do you culture/diagnose Chikungunya (Chikungunya virus)?

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PCR

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How do you prevent Chikungunya (Chikungunya virus)?

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How do you treat Chikungunya (Chikungunya virus)?

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Supportive

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What are distinctive features of Chikungunya (Chikungunya virus)?

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Arthritic symptoms

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What are the epidemiological features of Chikungunya (Chikungunya virus)?

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First local transmission in United States in 2014; has exploded in the Americas since its arrival in 2013 with an estimated 1.7 million suspected cases

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What are the causative organisms for Ebola and/or Marburg?

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Ebolo virus, Marburg virus

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What the most common modes of transmission for Ebola (Ebola virus) and/or Marburg (Marburg virus)?

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Direct contact, body fluids

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What are the virulence factors for Ebola (Ebola virus) and/or Marburg (Marburg virus)?

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Disruption of clotting factors

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How do you culture/diagnose Ebola (Ebola virus) and/or Marburg (Marburg virus)?

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PCR, viral culture (conducted at CDC)

30
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How do you prevent Ebola (Ebola virus) and/or Marburg (Marburg virus)?

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New Ebola vaccine suitable for epidemic situations tested successfully in 2016

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How do you treat Ebola (Ebola virus) and/or Marburg (Marburg virus)?

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Supportive

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What are the distinctive features of Ebola (Ebola virus) and/or Marburg (Marburg virus)?

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Massive hemorrhage; rash sometimes present

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What are the epidemiological features of Ebola (Ebola virus) and/or Marburg (Marburg virus)?

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United States: only imported infections; internationally, sporadic outbreaks in Africa; major Ebola outbreak 2014-2016

Category A Bioterrorism Agent

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What are the causative agents for Lassa Fever?

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Lassa fever virus

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What are the most common modes of transmission for Lassa Fever (Lassa fever virus)?

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Droplet contact (aerosolized rodent excretions), direct contact with infected fluids

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What are the virulence factors for Lassa Fever (Lassa fever virus)?

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Disruption of clotting factors

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How do you culture/diagnose Lassa Fever (Lassa fever virus)?

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ELISA

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How do you prevent Lassa Fever (Lassa fever virus)?

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Avoiding rats, safe food storage

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How do you treat Lassa Fever (Lassa fever virus)?

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Ribavirin

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What are the distinctive features of Lassa Fever (Lassa fever virus)?

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Chest pain, deafness as long-term sequelae

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What are the distinctive features of Lassa Fever (Lassa fever virus)?

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United States: no reported cases; internationally, estimated 100,000-300,0000 cases annually in West Africa;

Category A Bioterrorism Agent

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