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| | eMedicine - CBRNE - Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers : Article by David C Pigott, MD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17) |
 | | Synonyms and related keywords: VHF, Arenaviridae, Bunyaviridae, Filoviridae, Flaviviridae, viral hemorrhagic fevers, Lassa fever, Lassa virus, Argentine hemorrhagic fever, Bolivian hemorrhagic fever, Brazilian hemorrhagic fever, Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever, Rift Valley fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, arenavirus, hantavirus, phlebovirus, nairovirus, filovirus, Marburg virus, Ebola virus, flavivirus, yellow fever, dengue hemorrhagic fever |
 | | The most notorious of the VHF viruses, including Ebola and Marburg viruses, belong to the Filoviridae family. |
 | | Marburg virus, named after the German town where it first was reported in 1967, is another highly pathogenic member of the Filoviridae family that is traced to central Africa. |
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