Hemorrhagic fever

Introduction: Hemorrhagic fever

Description of Hemorrhagic fever

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Hemorrhagic fever: a group of illnesses caused by a viral infection (usually restricted to a specific geographic area); fever and gastrointestinal symptoms are followed by capillary hemorrhage.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Hemorrhagic fever: 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.
Source: CRISP

Hemorrhagic fever: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Hemorrhagic fever:

• Hemorrhagic
• Hemorrhagic disorder
• Fever (2274 causes)
• Number
• Viruses
• Arenaviridae
• Lassa
• Bunyaviridae

Hemorrhagic fever as a Disease

Hemorrhagic fever (medical condition): See Hemorrhagic fever (disease information).
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Hemorrhagic fever: Related Diseases

Hemorrhagic fever: Hemorrhagic fever is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Bleeding and coagulation conditions
• Flu-like conditions

More information on medical condition: Hemorrhagic fever:

• Information about Hemorrhagic fever
• Basic Summary for Hemorrhagic fever
• Symptoms of Hemorrhagic fever
• Complications of Hemorrhagic fever

Hemorrhagic fever as a Symptom

Hemorrhagic fever (symptom): Type of Bleeding symptoms.

More information on symptom: Bleeding symptoms:

• Bleeding symptoms

Terms associated with Hemorrhagic fever:

Terms Similar to Hemorrhagic fever:

• haemorrhagic fever
• viral hemorrhagic fever
• viral haemorrhagic fever
• VHF

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More specific terms for Hemorrhagic fever:

• Argentine hemorrhagic fever
• Ebola hemorrhagic fever
• Ebola fever
• Ebola
• Lassa fever
• Crimea-Congo hemorrhagic fever
• Rift Valley fever
• Marburg disease
• Marburg hemorrhagic fever
• green monkey disease

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Hemorrhagic fever

• virus disease

Source - CRISP

• viral infection
• virus infection

Source - WordNet 2.1

Other terms that may be related to Hemorrhagic fever:

• arthropod borne communicable disease
• bioterrorism /chemical warfare
• Bunyaviridae
• Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus
• dengue virus
• Ebola virus
• Flaviviridae
• Hantavirus
• New World Arenavirus
• Tick borne encephalitis virus

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Hemorrhagic fever

The following list attempts to classify Hemorrhagic fever into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• viral infection,virus infection
• infection
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

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