PHC 4031 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, Reston Virus, Critically Endangered
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Viral hemorrhagic fevers: 4 viral hemorrhagic fever families. Marburg virus: members of aum shinrikyo japanese cult sent medical missions to. Index case unknown amplified epidemic: barrier nursing did not prevent several infections in health care workers, who and over 20 institutions in the global outbreak alert and. Incubation period of 5-10 days: clinical symptoms, acute phase, fever, severe headache, myalgia, chills, 5 days later, maculopapular rash (most prominent on the chest, back, and stomach), nausea, vomiting, chest pain, sore throat, abdominal pain, diarrhea, disease progression. )f these don"t work, then you have suspected the wrong thing: take blood smear or stool sample, treat with antimalarials, or antibiotics. Viral hemorrhagic fevers: arenaviruses: named for the sandy appearance of their virion, grainy appearance under the microscope, lassa, causes lassa fever, located in africa, one of the most important arenaviruses, cfr of 15%
