Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers Other than Ebola and Lassa

Marco Iannetta; Antonino Di Caro; Emanuele Nicastri; Francesco Vairo; Honorati Masanja; Gary Kobinger; Ali Mirazimi; Francine Ntoumi; Alimuddin Zumla; Giuseppe Ippolito

doi:10.1016/j.idc.2019.08.003

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers Other than Ebola and Lassa

Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2019 Dec;33(4):977-1002. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2019.08.003.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Lazzaro Spallanzani, IRCCS, Via Portuense 292, Rome 00149, Italy.
² Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, Kiko Avenue, Plot N 463, Mikocheni, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
³ Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Université Laval, 2325 Rue de l'Université, Quebec City, Quebec G1V 0A6, Canada.
⁴ Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Alfred Nobels Alle 8 Plan 7, Stockholm 14183, Sweden.
⁵ Université Marien NGouabi, Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale (FCRM), Villa D6, Campus OMS//AFRO Djoué, Brazzaville, Congo; Institute for Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Germany.
⁶ Center for Clinical Microbiology, University College London, Royal Free Campus 2nd Floor, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF, United Kingdom.
⁷ National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Lazzaro Spallanzani, IRCCS, Via Portuense 292, Rome 00149, Italy. Electronic address: giuseppe.ippolito@inmi.it.

PMID: 31668201
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2019.08.003

Abstract

Viral hemorrhagic fevers represent a group of diseases caused by enveloped RNA viruses. The epidemiology is broadly variable, ranging from geographically localized to more diffuse infections. Viral hemorrhagic fevers are classified as category A bioweapon agents by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Viral hemorrhagic fevers are severe febrile illnesses with hemorrhagic phenomena. Laboratory diagnosis takes place in highly specialized reference laboratories. Treatment is essentially supportive. In this article, we focus the attention on yellow fever and viral hemorrhagic fevers other than Ebola and Lassa virus diseases that have been described elsewhere in this issue.

Keywords: Arenavirus; Bunyavirus; Filovirus; Flavivirus; Hantavirus; Marburg; Viral hemorrhagic fever.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Global Health
Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral / epidemiology*
Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral / virology*
Humans
RNA Viruses / classification*