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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) refer to a group of illnesses | *Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) refer to a group of illnesses characterized by fever and hemorrhage | ||
*Caused by four distinct families of RNA viruses<ref name="Martines">Martines RB, Ng DL, Greer PW, Rollin PE, Zaki SR. Tissue and cellular tropism, pathology and pathogenesis of Ebola and Marburg viruses. J Pathol. 2015 Jan;235(2):153-74. doi: 10.1002/path.4456.</ref> | |||
**Filoviridae | |||
**Flaviviridae | |||
**Bunyaviridae | |||
**Arenaviridae | |||
===VFHs Communicable by Person-to-Person Spread=== | ===VFHs Communicable by Person-to-Person Spread=== | ||
*[[Ebola]] | *[[Ebola virus disease]] | ||
*[[Marburg]] | *[[Marburg virus disease]] | ||
*[[Lassa fever]] | *[[Lassa fever]] | ||
*[[Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever]] | *[[Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever]] | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
[[Travel Medicine]] | [[Travel Medicine]] | ||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:ID]] | [[Category:ID]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Tropical Medicine]] |
Latest revision as of 16:59, 22 March 2016
Background
- Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) refer to a group of illnesses characterized by fever and hemorrhage
- Caused by four distinct families of RNA viruses[1]
- Filoviridae
- Flaviviridae
- Bunyaviridae
- Arenaviridae
VFHs Communicable by Person-to-Person Spread
Differential Diagnosis
Fever in traveler
- Normal causes of acute fever!
- Malaria
- Dengue
- Leptospirosis
- Typhoid fever
- Typhus
- Viral hemorrhagic fevers
- Chikungunya
- Yellow fever
- Rift valley fever
- Q fever
- Amebiasis
- Zika virus
Bioterrorism Agents[2]
Category A
Category B
- Ricin
- Brucellosis
- Epsilon toxin
- Psittacosis
- Q Fever
- Staph enterotoxin B
- Typhus
- Glanders
- Melioidosis
- Food safety threats
- Water safety threats
- Viral encephalitis
Category C
- Influenza
- Yellow fever
- Tickborne hemorrhagic fever
- Tickborne encephalitis
See Also
References
- ↑ Martines RB, Ng DL, Greer PW, Rollin PE, Zaki SR. Tissue and cellular tropism, pathology and pathogenesis of Ebola and Marburg viruses. J Pathol. 2015 Jan;235(2):153-74. doi: 10.1002/path.4456.
- ↑ https://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/biodefenserelated/biodefense/pages/cata.aspx Accessed 02/26/16