| Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever |
| 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.
