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hemorrhagic fever
Broader Terms:
virus disease
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arthropod borne communicable disease
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bioterrorism /chemical warfare
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Bunyaviridae
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Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus
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dengue virus
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Ebola virus
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Flaviviridae
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Hantavirus
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New World Arenavirus
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Tick borne encephalitis virus
Scope Note:
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.
Term Number:
3100-2478
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