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Hemorrhagic fever viruses, so named for their ability to induce massive, and at times fatal, internal bleeding, captured the world's attention during the Ebola outbreak of 2014-2016 in West Africa.
Ebola, Marburg, Lassa, and other viruses that cause deadly hemorrhagic fever illnesses could be used as biological weapons, according to a report from the Working Group on Civilian Biodefense, a ...
In general, the term "viral hemorrhagic fever" is used to describe a severe multi-system syndrome, where multiple organ systems in the body are affected.
Ebola's most notorious symptom may be hemorrhagic fever, but the virus is actually one of many that can cause the hallmark bleeding from the nose, mouth, ears and other places. Collectively known ...
Hemorrhagic fever viruses, so named for their ability to induce massive, and at times fatal, internal bleeding, captured the world's attention during the Ebola outbreak of 2014-2016 in West Africa.
Researchers report discovering the receptor through which a group of life-threatening hemorrhagic fever viruses enter and attack the body's cells, and show that infection can be inhibited by ...
Advances in imaging that can map a virus's atomic structure offer new hope in treating some of the trickiest diseases, such as the deadly Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever.
Ebola viruses produce hemorrhagic fever, a condition that also can be brought about by other types of viruses but Ebola produces one of the most lethal forms. In addition to the other symptoms of ...
Lassa virus likely diverged from a family that includes other hemorrhagic fever-causing viruses about 500 years ago, while the Ebola virus is estimated to have diverged from Marburg virus, which ...
And now, a never-before-seen hemorrhagic fever virus in central Africa. It's called Bas-Congo virus after the province where it was found just west of Kinshasa, the teeming capital of the ...
Ebola's most notorious symptom may be hemorrhagic fever, but the virus is actually one of many that can cause the hallmark bleeding from the nose, mouth, ears and other places.