Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever
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| Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever | |
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| Virus classification | |
| Group: | Group V ((-)ssRNA) |
| Family: | Arenaviridae |
| Genus: | Arenavirus |
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Guanarito virus |
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| Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever | |
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| Classification and external resources | |
| ICD-9 | 066.2 |
Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever (VHF) is a zoonotic human illness, first identified in 1989.
[edit] Presentation
It causes fever and malaise followed by hemorrhagic manifestations and convulsions.[1] It is fatal in 30% of cases. The disease is endemic to Portuguesa state and Barinas state in Venezuela . This virus requires Biosafety Level Three or Four conditions, the highest ones.
[edit] References
- ^ de Manzione N, Salas RA, Paredes H, et al. (1998). "Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever: clinical and epidemiological studies of 165 cases". Clin. Infect. Dis. 26 (2): 308–13. doi:10.1086/516299. PMID 9502447.
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